Dogs 2020


Never Gone(10/12/2020)
I am
not
of much
comfort
when those
whom
when that
which
we know
are lost
people
pets
jobs
homes
they were
so how
can they
ever
not be?
whenever
we know
someone
whenever
we know
some thing
those
people
those
objects
they live
forever
within us
they
are always
here
I stood
recently
in front
of a vacant
lot
where my
grandparents’
house
once stood
now
overgrown
with grass
weeds
saplings
dead
for many
years
I see my
grandmother
at the front
door
standing
waiting
as our
family’s car
turns into
their gravel
drive
an unsure
smile
upon her
face
wondering
if what
she sees
is real