The wild neverA Poem by Eilis
The sky does not understand
never. Its glassy blue body is an illusion hanging
over everything. I can not shake it.
And. Why would I want to.
Except for the way it never, it never disappears.
Sometimes I fool myself. I believed the trees would not turn
this autumn. That the weather had
stolen the alteration and left
instead just the crisp brown
of dying. But here they are
now, an apothecary of crimson
hearts and stars dangling over every landmark my eyes can touch. I had
almost managed to forget
the way it felt to be
plunged through by wildness. But here I am again:
a forest sized ache, waiting
to be swallowed by that
wild/ never-sky
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