Randall David Tipton www.randalldavidtipton.com
This is for you. I just wrote it after seeing your post.Lacamas Creekfor RandallRitual is annoying,not for me,just ask anybodywho really knows me.But your waters,your watersI see how they run deepRun fastas the loveI painted for you.And where you beginwhere we end upmust begin our giving over Of what we have left Of you who left us behindOn a dirt pathamong green tints and redon snags of rocksat water’s edgeLife I cannot seegreeting what remains.Your ashes take their time.Reluctant, I turnour mother’s wheelchairroundHead home.
This is for you. I just wrote it after seeing your post.
ReplyDeleteLacamas Creek
for Randall
Ritual is annoying,
not for me,
just ask anybody
who really knows me.
But your waters,
your waters
I see how they run deep
Run fast
as the love
I painted for you.
And where you begin
where we end up
must begin our giving over
Of what we have left
Of you who left us behind
On a dirt path
among green tints and red
on snags of rocks
at water’s edge
Life I cannot see
greeting what remains.
Your ashes take their time.
Reluctant,
I turn
our mother’s wheelchair
round
Head home.