Month: February 2018
Wordless Wednesday – After the Ice Storm
How Many More?
I know
people kill people.
I know laws cannot
always
be enforced.
I know there are
people with mental illness.
I know
this country has
a second amendment.
And I know money speaks.
But I also know
seventeen more souls
have been ripped
from their lives
seventeen more families
decimated
And I wonder
how many more?
I am sick that I have cause to write this. It is for Friday 55 at Verse Escape where Hedgewitch honors the late, great G-Man, by having us write exactly 55 words each Friday.
He Said – She Said: Roethke
“Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.” – Theodore Roethke
Wordless Wednesday – Otis
Early Riser
This morning
I was on
my fourth cup of coffee
when the sun
finally
showed his face
Three a.m. monster
thoughts
came to visit
again
The night before
it was
nightmares
that jolted me, terrified
from sleep
But I think
the monsters
are worse
At least
I can wake up
from the nightmares
This is for Friday 55 at Verse Escape where Hedgewitch keeps alive the tradition and memory of the G-man.
