You occupied an odd slot for an educational institution like ours

Smart, a maverick, a ponderer of horizontal moves, a questioner of nearly everything,

but you were one who never fit, residing as you did in turmoil, and I wonder if you found your place

and if I did enough to help you on your way to wherever your way has taken you

for #mastoprompt and #openwrite

Plug the patch

the data drips

Close the hatch

the door slips

open

for #mastoprompt

Beware the mother bear - the one who wanders in spring in search of food, but rarely arrives there in the woods, alone; others are probably watching out for you

for #mastoprompt

Is it me or has the carton gotten smaller?

It used to be taller, I'm sure, but now I'm starting to think:

everything that comes from the store sure seems to shrink

for #mastoprompt

A small plot of soil sits in the corner of the yard ...

reclaimed land soon festered in flowers,

dirt taken from an invasive species seeking to strangle the earth

in vine and root

for #mastoprompt

When cutting the day up into quarters,

queue up the sunshine and leave the rain,

each moment remembered becoming beautiful again

for #mastoprompt

Morning fog haze hides the icy glaze of mirrored street

booted feet finding solid patchwork of dry winter dirt

for #mastoprompt

It's difficult enough to know what tomorrow brings,

never mind to wonder what song next year sings,

but still, you don your glasses, squint into the future,

imagining landscapes hazy with sunshine and hope

for #mastoprompt

Moments drop everywhere

you look, the atmosphere

becomes something electric

for #mastoprompt

The world won't listen to a single person, singing

Such hubris to think we can do it alone without collective voice

So start your song but share the notes, invite us in to harmonize so we can sing along

for #mastoprompt