Friday, September 12, 2025

Catching the Day

In the evening, grass along the driveway

is spotlit in butter gold.

He rolls up the door, 

and his car pulls into its place.

 

Webs like sails ripple in the corner

of his fort with the cedar horse

and the concrete that greens

with puddles of moss.

 

He painted his cement walls,

hung boards for hand saws and hammers. 

He built his lumber workbench

when we first moved in.  

 

I watch the driveway every day.

Now is the hour. 

He climbs stairs, washes hands, 

speaks calm prayer over dinner.  


Piker Press, June 2022



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