Somehow Dawn
I don’t know what to say. Or how.
Feeling that I am on the upslope,
not close. Not wrong. I want
to be that hollowed space
in the hackberry’s trunk,
the calm of darkened light.
And more. Some honey, dripped
from the spoon. A house finch,
fluttering. I will whittle my losses,
carve out needs. She will tell me
the history of our days. She will
smile, engrave her initials on my
chest. Somehow, the birds still
sing. Somehow, dawn trickles in.
“Somehow Dawn” was first published in August 2019 at Vox Populi. I am grateful to Michael Simms for his support, and am thrilled to be a regular contributor to this lively publication.
Somehow a bird to whistle ๐
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They do that! Yesterday’s surprise bird was a pileated woodpecker! What a gorgeous (and large) bird!
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Pileated woodpeckers are fun to just stop and watch in the woods as they do their drumming.
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I love “somehow dawn trickles in.”
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It has always, in my life, managed to defeat the darkness.
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For me as well, thankfully.
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love this! ๐
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Beautiful imagery.
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