Lament

 

The uneven ground brought 
the warm sun 

down
never saw it coming now 

another star 

gone
 
we keep moving on
 
shivers in the night and 

the temperature
spikes
hard on the heels of 

a memory
denied
 
we keep moving on
 
no one hears those 

bells but
you
the brain’s rejection 

of your
truth
 
but we keep moving on
 
the trick is to believe while 

straddling the
grief
jump in that shallow pile

of rust-colored
leaves
 
and keep moving on…