Sunday, April 25, 2010

napowrimo: april 25

In the streets of summer the spirits mourn...

2 comments:

Deb Scott said...

summer mourning
by Deb

as the hot streets of
summer roll heavy
the faint promise of july
waits with longing and fear
and then
the becoming
and then the
stark bright tragedy
of august
and other spirits of
other daughterless
mothers
mourn with me

Dot Hearn said...

in the streets of summer the spirits mourn
by dot

how easily we toss away the blankets of snow
the rain puddles, gray and brown, replacing icicles
green sprouts and pink buds instead of dying twigs
the danger of falling on us or by us forgotten
as nature recently our foe becomes our playground

we enter the waters alive and fierce
afraid of nothing and willing the sun to stay longer
we drink we eat we laugh
we run
we dip and dive and taunt the waves to catch us
until

one does
one of us is gone
pulled away
and the cold that once was outside crawls inside
as the heat beats down from above
the ice grows thicker inside

nature triumphs again
one soul returned home
one body left behind

tears falling
onto the blankets of green turning brown