makeshift family vacation(s)

(photo taken at the Bahama Beach Club July, 2005)

my brother's in town from d.c. for the weekend
today and tonight is 2/5 family time
chill
dinner
& drink

it's all there

i could write a lot of overly sentimental ponderings
on the nature of family and growth
but
it wasn't like that between us

just
chill
dinner
& drink

enough said
enough done

my family is too spread out
in my humble opinion
and the reality of our lives will soon be
five humans
in four separate states

but the heart takes you where it will
and we all move on sooner or later

plus
for now
in N.Y.C.
it was
sister and brother
(separately)
but
all in one week

it may not have been enough time with either
but no matter where the years take us
i know
that they're not going
anywhere.