For those who just want
To be a dad, I see you
Your care your comfort
Author: dshollie
Prayers
Prayers without words
Feeling the grief, love-relief
God always with us
Bright Yellow Bike
Bright yellow Bike,
symbol of community,
gifts fueling joy rides
Still standing
Mixed media strength
No need for anyone to
Fall-got each other
Mantis
Preying, praying man-,
tis showing up late summer,
please don’t eat the birds
(apparently they sometimes eat small birds, like hummingbirds
Thought I lost you
I thought I lost you
But you were just hanging out
In the dirt waiting
Bandaids
I
Two band aids and an
Index card, but no stays in
ICU-vaccinated
II
Still wearing that mask
Trying to keep other bugs
Away-smart habits
III
Washing hands protects
Us and them, little ones and
Immune compromised
IV
Pandemics are real
Covid can kill, but vaccines
Steal the bugs thunder
This flower
Flower remind me
Of the unbridled joy of
Discovering you
Moving water
Moving water cleanse
Each ripple an old story
Tales replenishing
Clouds
Thank you for the Shel-
Ter of the clouds, shielding us
From our reigns of harm
D.S. Hollie 