Orphan Castle
How about
Just two of us
Sitting in the sun
Wondering
Where the day has gone
Letting the light move us
Like pawns
Across a chessboard of sand
And water
You were a son
I was a daughter
We are now orphans
Parents, lovers, friends
And maybe grandparents
Someday
Before the story ends
The waves come up
To say good-bye
The birds walk
Then run
Then finally fly
We talk about things
We (always) never knew
We talk
About what we are going past
And through
Both of us
Each of us
Just us two
Sometimes
When you twine your fingers
Right through mine
I feel the solar system smile
And shine
Centuries of time and space
All the history between us
In your eyes
Where it won’t un-erase
Moving in lines
Across your kind face
This is enough
You know that it is
We are lucky
For every second
Lucky for the rough waters
And the stormy winds
Lucky for this one sunny day
As our last chapter ends
And our next one begins
By Julie Flanders
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APRIL IS POETRY MONTH, Day 3
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