Conviction

You see a blank stare

She says she’s talking to God

Listens for answers

She knows you don’t believe her

When she says he hears her prayers

©2020 Annette Rochelle Aben

too cool

The two girls giggled

Slurping on the popsicles

That were melting fast

Summer days are like that too

We giggle, they melt away

©2020 Annette Rochelle Aben

who am I

Behind the façade

Thoughts scatter like pick up sticks

Behind the façade

Voices asking me questions

That I’m answering out loud

Behind the façade

Is where I’m living today

Not completely there

Conversations can’t reach me

Behind the façade

I know you cannot see me

And I don’t know you, do I?

©2020 Annette Rochelle Aben

taking note

So many white clouds

Just beyond the tall, green trees

There are even more

©2020 Annette Rochelle Aben

Honorable and Honored

The dream was vivid

Buffalo heading my way

They just kept coming

Hale and hearty proud bearers

Of most sacred energy

©2020 Annette Rochelle Aben