come; you know,
a code word for
"leave! come back
and I'll haunt you
for eternity!"
because they stayed home for the holidays
(for blizzard worthy
while father winter reigns,
above traffic
signs and counting
seconds)
nature, unforgiving--
they said a lot of things.
sprouts grow in almost perpetual shade;
under frost come knocking
in this, "unforgiving"
simple: it was simple
to give leeway in the face of
"unforgiving"
but i preach to the leaves,
molded under cardboard steps
how savage, how unforgiving,
of you to let these seeds nest
and aspire.
YOU ARE READING
NEW HEARTS & COLD SEAS
Poetrywhen they seek you out because they know they can, because they know they can get away with it - anonymity is your friend.
