Survivor (WC)

 

(Wendy Cabell, edited January 2025, but originally from March 20, 2022, Our Lady of Bołszowce, Our Lady of Calevourt, feast day of Saint Photini and Companions, Saint Gregory Palamas, Saint Cuthbert and Saint Maria Josefa of the Heart of Jesus. Image from here.)

Survivor

Whorling road its street signs bared,

re-Christened each pass of moon

was it so you could imagine a time

simply human again…

sunflower on the table 

steaming mug 

hands clasped

rising sun once more, then 

another —

*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by Shailja Patel’s ICC Kenya Trials. From Lisa Freedman’s BreathReadWrite, March 20, 2022.