8/1/2023 Poetry by Tohm BakelasGerry Dincher CC
to wherever crows fly October ended. November rushed in with warm embrace. The autumn world smelled like spring. Deciduous trees stood rank against property lines. What leaves hadn’t yet fallen were falling. A blanket of colorful decay covered the ground in orange, amber, red, and brown. Only the crows remained, begging for death to fall into their laps. And when nothing fell, they flew away, to wherever crows fly. And you, standing alone, watched white clouds like smooth river stones skip across the expansive blue sky. and it’s beginning to rain driving 80mph through the setting autumn sun, there’s something about the way sinking sunlight hits power lines on a deserted county road that slightly softens your beating heart, like a sort of magic, like seeing the eyes of the woman you love after a few days of being alone. yet, right now, this feeling can’t be enjoyed. you’re lost in your head again, seeking answers to questions that can never be answered, questions that persist amongst fading memories of cold years gone by. and at home, gazing into black twilight, there are no shooting stars to wish upon, no clouds and no moon, just pitch-black, and it’s beginning to rain. simple song beer foam rising in the bottleneck-- another missed chance to drown some ants, but in the winter there are no ants, there is only you. springbirds return early to thaw their wings in the sun, they sing their songs from wet branches, they sing their songs for you. confusion is universal when the worm dies on salted concrete, when you lose your purpose to reality. don’t let this happen. find love and let it in. Tohm Bakelas is a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. He was born in New Jersey, resides there, and will die there. His poems have been printed widely in journals, zines, and online publications all over the world. He is the author of twenty-four chapbooks and several collections of poetry, including Cleaning The Gutters of Hell (Zeitgeist PressPress, 2023). He is the editor of Between Shadows Press. Comments are closed.
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