Zelda's!

Quite unexpectedly, I made it to another Zelda's.  It was one of those days which started off in one direction, and ended in another state entirely.  I can't help but feel it was just meant to be like that.  I brought my children with me but they were not so into the writing assignment.  They participated and all, but it's clear they need a few more workshops.  I am happy that they were there, however, and got to meet some beautiful people who have been very important to me over the years and be a part of the workings of some of the most beautiful minds I know.

We did a word list poem.  Cousin Jodi supplied the theme, "Kids".  Our word list was as follows:

beginnings

cousins

growth

abacus

unspoiled

surplus

pigs

absence

exploration

truth telling

unfiltered

candy

unfettered

cruel

caboose

love

This is my poem:

In the beginning

There was love

Unfettered

Unfiltered

Unspoiled

It was the exploration

Of an entirely new world for me

Sweet like candy

His absence

Left holes like cavities

In the end

The truth was told

Cruel

And cold

Perhaps love and hate

Are cousins

Family

Or perhaps

All men are pigs

Either way

This love train

Ran me over

Crushed my heart

And parked its caboose

In my soul

Lucky for me

I've come to recognize

Endings

As beginnings

Pain

As growth

And children

As another chance to live