Shunned

out of nowhere

this concentration of us

shun one another too easily

long days progress to nothingness

unrepentant we walk heads bowed through the chill

earliest of springs

ache of tired branches

you say the daffodils aside the thin road are courageous foolish to show themselves now

I don't know daffodils

only the spikes of sunny yellow

piercing the stony silence cowardice

hard ground

of my lost

thoughts

jppestana

Shunned

March 20, 2021