The Greyhaired Raggedy Man He was down on one knee staring intently at the lock on my apartment door. This raggedy man, locksmith, who had grilled me on the telephone about my lost keys. I was annoyed and irritated. I came up the stairs each one drew me closer. After I reached the third-floor landing, […]
Tag: memories
51 years
If you were still here.I would remind you of the hot, heavy and humid June day when you were finally born-fighting the forceps that yanked you, almost against your will from the womb.You loved these sweltering days-you were born to thrive above 90 degrees, I believe. You were a heat up the […]
Into the wide open
We recently completed our most recent trip around the Sun another year encoded in the history book of life as we know it on this small blue oasis in the milky way in my world the temperate weather had streaks of cold, icy weeks, even snow. Though aches in my old bones, I still managed […]
Behind blue eyes
Today we celebrate our son, Mike on the occasion of his 46th birthday.He was not with us for so many birthdays Lost in a world where mom's andDads don't go except in the nightmares Of their minds when sleep curls up in a cold corner of the dark roomAnd they can only stare silently at […]
Mary did you know?
Nativity raisedBathed in soft blue light, I ask, " Mary, did you know!" Nancilynn Saylor 8 December 2017
Indra’s net or six degrees of separation
It has been six weeks since my fiftieth high school reunion. I had the pleasure of staying a day with friends in the small town of Floresville,Texas about 30 miles southeast of San Antonio. Bonnie and I were buddies our Senior year, eating lunch together almost every day, along with Claudia, another friend. We were, […]
“Flowers in her hair, flowers everywhere”
"Your hair is like mums,"Words murmured fifty years pastToday, mums remind. ©Nancilynn Saylor15 October 2017
“Just another brick in the wall”
Each one called the other,BrotherNow won't speak one to anotherFar beyond, an angel's tears for brothers both held so dear Mother's counsel goes unheedingStubbornness from both, stampeding She turns off her light while grieving
I heard it snowed today in Denver
I heard it snowed today again in Denver all the ground looks like a frosty, winter wonderland Here in Texas it has been another a muggy day why we aren’t getting rain I can’t quite understand Storm clouds are moving up now from the coastline they spread and shroud the Monday morning sky The pressure in the air is heavy […]
Cooking winter memories
The breeze suddenly shifted, the temps drift downward… Romeo lugs the citrus trees back in the houseafter the young tomato transplants are covered. Austin, Texas weather… The gardeners challenge- 2014! Pot of pintos on the stove with ham hock… we’ll have cheese biscuits later, too. Reminds me of my eldest son… […]
Nancilynn is Writing again 