Canning peaches

we talk about the past.

About women looking

for land of their own.

I say,

"I was thrilled to find this place

that had a view and a waterfall.

Just what I'd asked for."

She said,

"All I wanted

was to walk

through the woods

to my best friend's home."

My neighbor,

perhaps less ambitious,

is so much wiser

than me.