blackbirds biding their time
twilighty on an october evening
cats a’meowing and quiet moon
maybe making an appearance
I’ve seen you in this race before
maybe it was ten years ago
or maybe it was yesterday
these pockmarks on my cheeks
they don’t mean a thing
I regret you ever saw them
those moons we rarely see
orbiting worlds we barely know
absolutely belong here
and why you decided to go
long before your time
has everything to do with them
october two thousand seventeen
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I get goosebumps when I read all your work. Great Great Great work!
Thank you so very much, Lara!
Wonderful… i feel like I want to wait for the moon too.
thank you for commenting and sharing your thoughts on this piece
I really love the way you have included the audio for your poem here too. This adds so much to your post and you have inspired me to do the same as my partner Andy has just bought me a microphone. Thanks for sharing! I have a poetry blog here on WordPress and today’s poem features a blackbird in case you have time to look? Have a relaxing weekend, Sam 🙂
Thank you for your comments – I will certainly venture over to your poetry blog today.
Thank you!