Rae Lynn Minke

Lord grant me The speed To stop my toddler From drinking the toilet brush water again. Lord grant me The patience To play hide-and-seek...

I will never Not be bewildered By the juxtaposition Of my inability To bake a loaf of bread, And my body’s Innate ability To create...

If where you are today Is not where you want to be tomorrow... Then don’t wake up tomorrow, And do the same thing you did today.

She wore her emotions Like temporary tattoos - Bold and visible to all around her, Until time visited And slowly erased All signs of them.

‘It’s enough, now’, She stated, clearly, To whoever Or whatever Was in charge Of assigning life’s challenges.

Sometimes, I wonder how Long it will take To make up for the deficit Of hugs from family And friends in My son’s first 6 months Of life.

She cried, And thinking it was a game Her baby began to laugh… Which made her laugh, And forget what it was, exactly, That had made her...