the conversations she could not scrape away.
that meal's eternal promise pressed into each palm.
prodded her; most meals would end with both sides jabbing back.
The mounted tres-tine saw the words that flew between the two.
to open waters and feasts that healed.
Barbara Simmons holds a degree in English from Wellesley College, an MA in The Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University, and an MA in Educational Administration from Santa Clara University. She has worked as a secondary school English teacher, as a college admissions officer at Wellesley and at Santa Clara University, and as a College Counseling Director. She is currently spending time learning how to change her 'fast-paced' gait to a more 'spiritually directed' and reflection oriented one, walking with words, walking with her new 'retired' life, walking with friends who join her in wondering about the world and praising the world with words, in wonder.