Air Thin and Ice Thick

Air Thin and Ice Thick 

quiet people in a quiet coffee shop
a record player calmly playing records that sound like tea steeping
with my back to the window it suddenly turned night
and the warmth from the pull down espresso machine keeps my cheeks rosy
as winter tip toes its way to toronto
i can picture my mount royal
air thin and ice thick
in back alleys
and on big mountains
but here the park grass is green and crunchy
and i can feel like home so long as the espresso is hot 
and the records sweet. two cities. one home that i carry in my chest. 
across from a friend who is lustre.
in silence our fingers tap to work and the mason jars at the back of the coffee shop
reflect the light from the dirty paper lanterns that hang on the ceiling
the same kind of lanterns that hung on my ceilings in this era or that
and as i tap i wait to see if my new ceiling will hold memories from the future
with a balcony for lovers
and a skyline for city mice
hidden just enough for the country mouse to feel cushioned in spring
but for now
records, waiting, tip toeing winter
and lustrous nostalgia for the moment i’m in…

Anniversary

one year ago we were in montreal
one year ago we took photos under cherry blossom trees
walked the streets to the smells of lilacs
drank scotch on rainy balconies
and smoked herbs in the night time parks...
we drank wine amongst hipsters and ate pie amongst friends...
it was a really good weekend
and as i walk through the fragrant montreal streets and passed the church steps 
i can't help but remember...
so just thought i would share a lil memory 
from montreal
to you
amour

a love walks by

a love walks by
Poetry by Yael Kotel

a love walks bythe grass is greenlove follows

successive yearningscome outside mewhat do I say?i feel their loveand then theywalk away

i love your visits

the sensations
how I believe you love me

in the very long silence

of our journey
your mind and my mind

as though my entire life
has still to begin.
caught in a nothing spot
the nothing of beauty
is the nothing of isolation.
i am one of those cleaned up buildings,
i say, that calm bamboo feeling.

girl on horseback

film of love
artichoke stuffed
plump dates
freshly picked.

the language of time. travel.

the not-always-so-formed
can be beautiful
and should be recognized
by the bearer as such.

where you are

what you are –
recognize as such
let me tell you
your heart is a sanctuary.