March 2022
Sandy Rochelle
chelsea438@aol.com
Bio Note: I started writing many years ago to cope with the isolation of caring for my son David, who is autistic and deaf. I have been published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Black Poppy Magazine, and Ekphrastic Review.

The Unwilling Traveler

The boat moved closer to the shore.
I spied my grandmother long past and much loved sitting on a chair.
My chair was not designed for my broken back.
But I sat sat and waited for my boat to reach the shore.
One must wait you know without expectation.
The waves carried me through the unsettled water.

Love Again

It is as if I never wrote and always wrote.
As if we never loved and always loved.
I am a Pilgrim on your shore.
My breath drops of its own will.
You offer your hand-an invitation to come and live inside of you.
It is not courage alone that drives me.
But the universe that lives in the palm of your hand.
©2022 Sandy Rochelle
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