I’m gifted
means I receive
music from the mountain stream,
the one where your father once was.

there is a song that calls us
beyond our borders
and hurts.

my mother
I now invite back
to my home.
she is unsure, aging
and love will surprise us all.

ask for strength,
let howl the mad courage
of loving kindness—

my own dead brother
lost to ungentle illness
howl beautiful
ever stronger

belong naked to this rare day
prepare the way
for a fire of dancing children
still to be born.

be taught the song
sung from rooftops
help has arrived early.

be ready
for something yet unknown
that leaves clues everywhere
for you.

the cold fear of hunger
is not the final note.

so sing your joyful everything.
let your light brave
this receiving room

be wholly consumed
by the song
of your own
invocation.

Winter 2026