I have her ashes, her home,
\nall of her cluttered possessions
\nbut am lost regarding her current
\nlocation.<\/p>\n
The answer is in metaphysics, I\u2019m told,
\nand write about this in my journal.
\nI get as far as the question
\nin cursive, which I carry with me all day,<\/p>\n
because the problem with absolute
\nanswers is that you begin think they exist
\nfor everything.
\n Metaphysically,
\nmy root chakra
\nis lacking, so I do root chakra<\/p>\n
things: eat root vegetables
\nand orange-colored fruit,
\nwater the garden in bare
\nfeet. The cardinal that visits
\nmy garden every day pecks<\/p>\n
sunflower seeds from exhausted
\nheads. I think of Mom
\nsince the cardinal is a sign
\nthat someone we love is near
\nand yes, this is where
\nmy mother is \u2013 in the garden
\nand in the bird; in blooms
\nand in the grass. And she is in me<\/p>\n
just as I am in the garden and
\nconsequently, too, this
\nis where god might reside
\nif such a belief could
\nsituate itself in my mind. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have her ashes, her home, all of her cluttered possessions but am lost regarding her current location. The answer is in metaphysics, I\u2019m told, and write about this in my journal. I get as far as the question in cursive, which I carry with me all day, because the problem with absolute answers is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"issue":[8],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n