Galen WardenJul 27, 20201 minPain Has a Love LanguagePain is its own language Members only may oblige With a response.
Galen WardenJul 23, 20201 minBring Your "A" GameI bring my A Game into the room. Into the dark I bring my quiet. No talking: A new language to memorize, practice, repeat. Conversation...
Galen WardenJul 23, 20201 minYour Body SpeaksYour urine is my urine now. Odor that no longer offends Becomes my odor. We are one. Your holy shit is my sacred duty Evidence of the...
Galen WardenJul 23, 20201 minThe BathBurnout terrifies me. (There is no one else.) I sink into a just-hot-enough fragrant sea and lower Spent arms, breathing and freeing my...
Galen WardenJul 23, 20201 minJumpMini-rebellions: One more Scrabble turn A trip to the bathroom A long pause to daydream He needs me. Is it urgent? The text did not say....
Galen WardenJul 23, 20201 minSpring RainSix hours. The balm of rest A salve on my brittle, tired mind. A lullaby patters on my window Tiny dancers relay Spring’s promises in...
Galen WardenJul 23, 20201 minTwo A.M.Two a.m. Too little sleep. Move like a dream. Dream of sleep. Float like a ghost. Slow like a boat, Too little breath in these sails of...
Galen WardenJul 23, 20201 minTeethImpossibly foreign, the first time The cave opens only slightly for me and I close my eyes to feel more keenly with Helen Keller’s love....
Galen WardenJul 23, 20201 minIn One Small RoomThe natural world joins my bed-bound son in his isolation.