Tim Tipton

Sacred Moon

for JPB

Pink moon

Beauty in the dark

Close but so far

Hawk moon

Harvest moon

All I know has gone to worlds unknown

Holy moon

Blood moon

Here I am

alone on Earth 

I breathe out 

Your love shines around me like a million stars

calling me across the universe

Grandma's Kitchen 

I like to take refuge of my memories of my Grandmother,

most of it had to do with food:

Honey dipped fried chicken,

Gram made that every Sunday

she marinaded the chicken in honey and fried it

in all purpose Crisco till it was crispy and light

Lamb Casserole,

That’s the dish she cooked all day with scrumptious 

morsels of mouth watering lamb surrounded by creamy 

mash potatoes 

-- And onions.

Grandmother created the best Apple Pie,

with brown sugar baked in the simmering tender apples  

and cut out stars in the crust

I loved that pie.

Cheddar cheese sandwiches:

I wanted that so much 

She made it where the bread was crispy and chewy

And the inside was heaven in my mouth

Baked Lasagna -- that had onions

It was good to be with Grandmother in the warmth of her kitchen