Another Day, Another Year
The wind cries / I do not listen. You hold out your hand
one last time. Startled, a fox runs under the Clethra.
Clouds fill a darkened sky. I am soaked with a deluge
of tears. Mud collects at my knees. Where has the fox
gone? Needles pierce my soul, releasing blue desires.
Awash in a dream of yesterday / you never planned to stay.
I rip open my chest & tear out my heart. It washes away
with the storm / lost downstream. Another day, another year.
It might have been so different. The fox calls out, I follow.
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Editor’s Note: Clethra refers to the deciduous shrub, sweet pepperbush, in the family of Clethraceae.
Image Credit: An abstract fox [pngegg] re-colorized and superimposed on sweet pepperbush [Pinewood Farms]
- Another Day, Another Year by Ann Christine Tabaka - March 20, 2022