It's Still Life

How Long Is Your Length of String

How long is a length of wind
that gusts in gallops. Does it
blow longer than childhood.

Pity that mother slicing a loaf
thin enough to last 4 or 5
days longer. Or is it longer

than build-up to war. Longer
than peace that never lasts.

A hungry wolf’s in this wind,
beating and blowing again.
It’s homeless. Comfortless.

And it’s by sheer good fortune
my head’s not in black water,
or under foam-fretting waves.

Across the road, a new baby
arrived. Its bare feet are soft
as rose petals, too soft for
the long hard road ahead.

How long is the length of
that child’s journey. Is it
longer than sorrow?

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For Stream of Consciousness Saturday “Fortune”. Image Battle of Grunwald by Jan Matejko 1878. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #socs #amwriting #apoemaday on Twitter