A lonely feeling I don’t really miss anyone in particular At least not at the level of awareness Maybe there doesn’t need to be a personification of loneliness There could just be a hole in my heart, One that no longer aches But has yet to begin to heal. A grieving that is ever-present A grieving for what? A long hoped-for relationship? Something from long ago that is unresolved? Out of reach, inaccessible, unidentifiable, Yet so real? There is one I will miss That will bring a deep loneliness A long marriage brings forth another presence One beyond and outside either one of us Yet in us together Sacrament Oneness ©2022 Thomas W. Cummins
Aspects of Loneliness, No. 2
August 20, 2022Aspects of Loneliness, No. 1
August 11, 2022
Something seems to be missing
There is an emptiness
But is it really empty?
Perhaps there is a presence
A presence that cannot be grasped
Something that is always there
Yet somehow missing
An emptiness
A longing
A longing that feels like loneliness
©2022 Thomas W. Cummins
Tears While Cooking
July 24, 2022So, the short ribs recipe called for two cups of Cabernet.
Later it asks for a long simmer to reduce down by half.
It was a good Cabernet!
Went through the final steps with tears blurring my vision.
Those short ribs better be good!
Dancing On the Ceiling
May 7, 2022Passing through leaves, sunlight
Sending breezy Japanese maple leaf shadows
Bouncing off a small, round glass table
Forming a bright circle
Dancing on the ceiling
Blessing the moment with Ps 46:10
Knowing All Will Be Well
© 2022 Thomas W. Cummins
Shoes On The Radiator
February 23, 2021I can still smell the snowmelt
After all these years
A childhood beckons, tugs
My memory opens and embraces
Soggy grass
Puddles in the street
Wet shoes
Stuffed with newspaper
Atop the radiator by the backdoor
Wolf Moon
January 29, 2021Rising up and loping across the heavens
Scattering shadows everywhere
Wolf Moon now nestled down among the pines
In a dim light... 