Shattered silence

shattered silence numbs me 

ten years ago

last when i saw my brother

he - still voiceless

part of me heartsick

part of me still broken

dutiful (love) from afar

Happy 44th birthday, M. April is Autism Awareness Month. Learn more at www.autismspeaks.org. A couple of other interesting reads:

• Autism's impact on siblings
• A woman whose brother living with autism had been hidden from her for over 50 years

08 months

a miracle gifted to us

like Maryland’s osprey eggs to Jersey’s shorelands

her hair downy like a newborn chick

she inhales and licks the lithe wind
every time spring breezes upon her

her teensy tongue hangs mid-air

and she cheeps in perfect delight

*happy 8-month birthday, moonpie!