poem – evocative

start with life
i did

if you have something
good
cherish it

took me a while to learn

i think i did OK when i was a kid
i chewed on leather straps
hanging off of my baseball glove
while waiting for line drives

then somewhere along the way
i didn’t care enough to cherish anything
i looked at things with importance
not love
to benchmark

thing is
walking in the woods,
taking time to watch a single leaf
fall in a single way,
is a good place to start

and when it lands,
find life,
and wish it well

-M. Taggart

poem

i dig deeply
into simplicity
while understanding
the complexity of it all

-M. Taggart

poem

I keep listening to my favorite song.
I’m docked on my seat.
Listening.

Red dress walked by; eyes followed.
Disappointment dripped from my mind.

-M. Taggart

Poem

Or to the moon, cast no doubt,
as the pitfalls to all edges speak
in whispers of encouragement.
It’s true about the shadow of Spring.
And it’s true about where I belong.
I’ll be going there, with the moon
as my anchor.

-M. Taggart

To Live

“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?”
– John Steinbeck.

photo taken by Matt in Maine.

Poetry

I drive around with poems in my head-
One piece of wind at a time.

-M. Taggart

Poem

Some days are meant for sadness.
It’s how they’re built.
So we can sit in them, and rock.

-M. Taggart

Prayers, Dad.

Basilica

It’s a timing thing. We’re here until we’re not. -M. Taggart

Lewiston, Maine. Taken by -M. Taggart.

Poem

I’m sitting here playing chess
and reading the ending of
‘Brave New World’
with a purring kitten named Buk
on my lap
My beer is empty
I don’t want to get up

-M Taggart

The Gate

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” -Albert Einstein

(I took the photo in Southern Maine.)