30” x 40”

Oil pastel, acrylic, and colored pencil on panel

“There is a place in northern Washington, 
on the outskirts of a protected harbor, 
that I return to. 
I had never been there before 
when my sister and I went searching for it. 
But when we found it, 
we heard our own hearts 
beating in the overstory. 

So much of consequence has unfolded there 
already in the  couple of years since, 
in the thin light hazed by all the dewdrops. 
Life, the raw kind, 
that of our childrens’
has taken root 
and sprouted from there.
Our own bodies budding off from themselves
A garden, most exquisite. 

All that the high desert mountains of Colorado
leaves parched in my throat 
dampens - a relief - when I cross the threshold 
of the walls 
that glow in peach hues as the sun sets 
over the water beyond,
setting Rainier alight.
And when I wake, 
I find myself wishing only for 
a thousand mornings more.”

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