History & Memory

RIC_5437-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

     History and memory share events; that is, they share

     time and space. Every moment is two moments.

       Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces

Birthing

RCC_6231-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

No one is born just once. 

If you’re lucky, you’ll emerge again

in someone’s arms;

or unlucky, wake

when the long tail of terror brushes

the inside of your skull.

Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces