Somedays the Sky
above my house is enough—
framed by a fence we erected in winter
i could sing but i don’t
i just breathe in the knowing that all of this blue
inhaling up forever
will still be here after i die
that my scheduled pain and anxiety
will eventually expire will drop upward
in a floating vortex like ashen seeds
from a charred stalk
that hopefully every bright morning
i spent with my wife and children
will remain somewhere unaltered
with me
as i go
Scott Ferry helps our Veterans heal as a RN in the Seattle area. His latest book is a collaboration with Lillian Necakov and Lauren Scharhag titled Midnight Glossolalia from Meat For Tea Press. He also has a collaboration titled Fill Me With Birds with Daniel McGinn looking for a home.
“somedays the sky” was originally published in Anti-Heroin Chic.