Take a Mom to Target 🎯

Take a mom to Target —

not because she needs a thing,

but because she’s held the weight

of everything.

Between the laundry and the dinner,

the carpools running late,

she walks beneath bright aisle lights

and lets the noise abate.

Trader Joe’s on Tuesdays,

mahjong Thursday night —

circles inside circles

under humming white light.

Bullseyes all around her,

expectation in each part —

for one small, quiet minute

she isn’t the target — she’s the heart.

48 x 60 inches

mixed media on canvas