A Two Week Softening

A poem

a two week softening you’ve seen me less and less I am a giver, a griever just like you, human

this is my body and this is my space oceanic tides the sound of my breath

what do you do to give back to yourself wrap your sweet loving arms around the fact you’re alive

test the viscosity of time as it runs between your toes feel the color of the maple before the cold front

arrives and blows autumn toward memory and takes another spin around the sun

this moment at dawn I offer it to you sweep the path sweep the path sweep the path

Samantha Lazar 11/12/21

Thank you for reading. Samantha Lazar is a writer, poet, and teacher living in North Carolina with the loves of her life. Her first narrative poetry collection, Reaching Marrakesh is available here. You can read unlimited stories by Samantha Lazar on Medium (as well as many other talented writers) by becoming a Medium member.