Sunday, May 24, 2020

Day 47 of #the100dayproject - Gatherings


Gatherings

Even in the heat of summer,
With its abundance of sunshine
promise of flowers and fruit,
the squirrels still gather
Their food into themselves
As if winter were a close
Companion, waiting behind
The evergreens, the essence
Left deep in the squirrel’s nests.
The grip of it so tight on them
That they would eat themselves
Dead, rather that feel the bite
Of the tundra or the emptiness
of a body without the warmth of food.

No comments:

Post a Comment