Lawrence Hall
https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com
Absent Friends and Failing Light
We all have lists of absent
friends
Who were with us one week
and Covid the next
With unfinished stories
and little jokes
We meant to tell each
other the next time we met
The very picture of
health, we say to ourselves
Shooting a few hoops (“Yeah,
I still got it!”)
Washing the pickup, coffee
after Mass
Merriment – but then a
note – in failing light
Life is shadowy, seen
through a dark, dark lens
We all have lists of absent
friends
No comments:
Post a Comment