Tagged: survive
some things don’t survive
some things don’t survive
past winter – the remnant of
last year’s sun star points
its cold fingers at us, an
accusatory protrusion
.
20230317:1840
y
just surviving is
just surviving is
hard enough without figuring
out how we can thrive
.
20221101:1812
y
we step into the
we step into the
unknown, only knowing that the
cartographer’s work
is long done, but there’s no legend
for what we can and will survive
.
20220906:1927
y
years of practicing
years of practicing
empathy just to survive –
these makeshift feelings
.
20220629:2033
y
mom’s miniature
mom’s miniature
roses survived after all
these years, countless tries
later, now out back fending for
themselves against wandering deer
.
20220512:1925
y
we survive by the
we survive by the
luck of the draw, debating
what to eat instead
of are we able to eat, and
what would we have to give up?
.
20220317:2000
y
not having enough
not having enough
hot chocolate to survive
another snowstorm –
first world problems in the nth
degree, buried in disregard
.
20220113:2011
y
bees will survive some
bees will survive some
mysteries, like the unnamed
flowering tree in
the backyard, that scarlet come-
hither look, but not mankind
.
20210429:2237
y
in the middle of
in the middle of
a pandemic, grape tomatoes,
looking to survive
.
20200725:0921
y
we still believe in
we still believe in
longevity – washing hands,
wearing masks, keeping
our distance, as if we didn’t
need one another to survive
.
20200719:2110
y