Monday, May 27, 2019

HEAVEN LAKE (35) ~









Nothing But The Truth





She is a little girl

on a rocking-horse

and she will only

allow herself to be

lifted on the horse

if she can hold a

flower, it’s plastic

but she is two years

old so it is a flower

and she is content

with the horse her-

self and the flower

until I tell her her

daddy has jumped

into the pond and

her daddy who is

my son is hidden

by me in the door-

way and is quite

used to madcap

and fun but he

knows to reassure

his little girl that he

is not in the pond

but grandfathers

must say there are

such ponds













Still






Snow in the

Yard into the



Woods even in

The trees but



Under simple

Plank swing



A square

Of grass









Always






There are people who will love you

There are people who will hurt you



You can’t get one without the other



Sometimes it will be the same person

Sometimes it will be you



Close your eyes, it still doesn’t go away



See a river and where and how it goes

Go like that










Memory




we

live



long-

er



than

we



will

live












The Little Things






The axe

Standing on

The floor in

The corner

Is all said

And done





(conclusion)
________________________


Bob Arnold
Heaven Lake
Longhouse 2018