FAVORITE FAMILY
PHOTO
There we are—the
Montesano Family.
Caught mid-laughter--
My brother Nick with his mouth
Wide open (as usual).
Taken in my thin year of 1977—
(My changing body weight
Over the years
Marks time in my life.)
This photo—I can
still hear
Our wonderful laughter
As our cousin’s husband bravely
Attempted to get the “right” shot.
It was the
right shot--
Still right,
Still happy,
Still together.
I could sit on that top step
For eternity.
ME-TO-ME
This is a very
private conversation…
So please don’t interrupt!
I am confiding in myself now,
And this stuff is highly classified.
If it got into the
wrong hands--
Like anyone else--
All the quirky thoughts
Pinging into me now
Might get out---
Somewhere!
That I am an
emotional person
Of many charming foibles
Is of course universally known.
How could I hide
All that adorableness.
(Actually, I tried once,
But I nearly fainted from the effort.)
What I want to
confide to myself
Today,
right now,
this very instant,
Is that I have lived an OK
Ordinary Life.
Fair intelligence,
passable Italian looks,
Good friends, nice husband,
Extraordinary children
(I could gush,
But I’ve restrained myself.)
And now, at strangely
80+ years--
I look around my mind and heart
And just have to say--
“WHAT’S NEXT?”
READY OR NOT—HERE I COME!
A sweet calming vista
Embraces me every day--
My window frames
Sky of bottomless blue
Whipped cream clouds
Snuggled close.
I could almost
Dive/Fly/Float/Glide
Into it.
