On Carpenter Bees

Isn't it funny how carpenter bees think themselves no less dainty than honey bees?
They faithfully believe the flower will support them even when the stem bends toward the ground.
They aren't exactly wrong.

-gws

Counterpoint

I am looking for the counterpoint to my melody
A voice both hauntingly harmonic and intriguingly independent
That when blended with mine creates a masterpiece

-gws

Spring

The days grow longer
Promised manifestation
Renewal and hope

-gws

Done

“I am done,” is the quietest, most power-filled sentence in a woman’s lexicon.

-gws

Not It

“Not it!” I say
Not I
Not me
Not this time or any will it be

I cannot take your heart from you
I know not what to do with it
I will not take your heart from you
Please do not make a gift of it

I cannot be the one you seek
There is no love in me to reap
So I will go and let you keep
The heart you meant for me

-gws

Significant Other

My significant other 
Is more other than significant now
I wish I felt better about this fact
I do not miss the now of him
I’m still in love with the then of him
When love knocks you can never know 
The beauty or horror in its entourage 
You believe love can conquer all
And learn that love is often not enough 
My significant other left
A significant mark on me
That is hardly insignificant 

-gws

A Tuesday Morning

Listening to a physicist waxing poetic 
In a live stream about theoretical physics, quantum mechanics, 
Philosophy, US politics, Mandela Effects, and more
As he stands in front of the Large Hadron Collider
While I drink a perfect cup of coffee and start my Tuesday
My soul and my brain are extraordinarily happy

-gws

Matchsticks

Put your matchstick anger away
Before you are too used up
Set ablaze in sequential reactions
So you lack the fire to fuel resistance

-gws

Redwood

The enduring redwood is dead
Meant to withstand
Storm and fire and drought 
Heartwood rotted from within 
Disease and neglect 
Claimed their prize
A reminder that
Sometimes good things die

-gws

Carnations

Ev’ry Mother’s Day
A simple pastel bouquet
Carnations in bloom
To honor your roll in life
As mother and grandmother 

-gws