Reflections on Painting the Kitchen

Two kids,
two cars,
careers.
Too much,
sometimes.

I wanted poplar green, but you held fast.
Now when the sun crowns
the corrugated fields above our home,
it coats the room with streams of amber,
can’t shake ’em loose, won’t slide off,
I let their belly-warm glow
seal my every jangling corner,
so though I doubted yellow,
with your help I’ve learned
the kindness of the color.

Athens Parent Magazine, 2003
Reprinted in my new book Lyrical Years
https://kelsaybooks.com/products/lyrical-years