two cicada in the street one on its side unmoving the other upright produces a short weak buzz summer is at and end Randy Roberts September 17, 2017

Relief emerged today Seeing you Feeling better Watching your heart Being lighter Helps my heart lighten too But better is relative More rest is needed And the hope that Tomorrow is a better day The placid walk Holding your hand In the gentle Evening air Seeing you Feeling better Feeling better Let’s get some needed Rest Randy Roberts Sep 18, 2024

I watch you Your body in pain Unable to eat Drinking very little I watch you I feel for you You clearly hurt You do not feel well Watching you struggle Is my struggle How do I support you In this place You do not want to be I don’t know But I keep trying Randy Roberts September 15, 2024 #poetry

A rollercoaster Feeling poor Then better Then really worse This is the reality of life today The doctor visit So supportive He understands In a way very few do You challenge him And all his peers First cause no harm Is not easy With your wild biology Your ability to be So grounded Is jarring In the midst of So much discomfort You ask how a loved one Is holding up...

She’s concerned About the way we show Our concern No right answers Only navigation Through experiences New to all of us Randy Roberts April 1, 2025

Reading various experts And realizing the political class Are not interested in the science I feel anger and sadness at The lives destroyed So some can play As if this is normal When it obviously is not Randy Roberts March 9, 2025

As you walked to the park With our son And his beloved Your happiness Radiated like a supernova I suspect the work crew Down the street We’re hit with a wave Of tenderness as you Passed close by Wondering to themselves What is happening As the wave of Your joy swept through Them thinking it’s just About the holiday tomorrow Unaware of the force of Your goodness Making the world a...

Is it too early to start The conversation about How we recover after These wildfires And the wildfire in DC That has gutted federal Capabilities and set a clear Precedence that we are on our own Randy Roberts March 14, 2025

I reach for her hand She responds to the gesture A connection made Randy Roberts 2025-08-05

There is a concept of Embracing the dissatisfaction That is present in life Of letting go of the desire For life to be different that it Actually is Every time I actually Accomplish this task I come into contact with a Different point of view that Does not negate the hardness, Disappointment, stress, sadness but By the simple act of embracing reality I am aware of the other parts of reality...