Heart wounded cage fetched opens heals Open Ben’s toybox leashed old memories Remembering smells warmth paws popcorn pats Pawprint captured clay pressed into palm Into muzzle nuzzles love melts pain Love forgive me wholeness renewed held New puppy licks tenderness — forever’s kiss. ∞ Submitted as part of “National/Global Poetry Writing Month” (#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo). Today’s…
Letting Go
When to let go? when do I …? when does the holding on stop being pain and become a habit of always checking the door before bed always running a fork through my fish always hanging an ornament given by someone you don’t even remember of dusting dog bowls four years empty — when does…
you remember when
I awoke … Asleep with a weight upon my upper lip and a hush upon my ear. My unconscious mind was struggling with a conscious world of pain the torments and disappointments of my memories tearing at my being. A mother who wept when I was born a father away much of the time and…