Tag: family lore

  • I want to catch it before I lose it

    I want to catch it before I lose it

    Air is violently bellowed through, blowing out impurities — carbon, silicon, detritus…. Some of the carbon is processed back in, and under intense and loving human ingenuity, an element is alloyed into a synthetic wonder — man-made, yet of nature. Everybody loves my mom, because she is the quiet foundation that holds us all together…

  • Run The Other Way…

    Run The Other Way…

    I physically get up. Look for a door. Go through. Can’t outrun it. Why even try? Freeze, fall, flail. Face.