you stand with your back to me vulnerable silent I, transfixed by how your wings attach to blades of shoulders already burdened by the weight of humanity’s sorrow of the demands of gods with no mercy how can mere bone bear this additional weight of a thousand ivory feathers without folding to the ground? the … Continue reading Wish for Wings
you stand with your back to me vulnerable silent I, transfixed by how your wings attach to blades of shoulders already burdened by the weight of humanity’s sorrow of the demands of gods with no mercy how can mere bone bear this additional weight of a thousand ivory feathers without folding to the ground? the … Continue reading Wish for Wings
Earlier this week my cousin Dickie, was placed on palliative care after pneumonia and sepsis did irreparable harm to his heart and lungs. Yesterday, just before sunrise we lost him. Dickie was the oldest of my maternal cousins and was developmentally challenged. When he was born in the late 1950’s, it was common for children … Continue reading Rest Peacefully Richard “Dickie” Allan Chupka December 13, 1958 – April 25, 2019
you stand with your back to me vulnerable silent I, transfixed by how your wings attach to blades of shoulders already burdened by the weight of humanity’s sorrow of the demands of gods with no mercy how can mere bone bear this additional weight of a thousand ivory feathers brushed with gold without folding to … Continue reading Wish for Wings
Brave & Reckless 