September/October 2024

The Quilt

The quilt is sewn in intricate patterns and designs with flowers and prickly pine trees The quilt is hard on the outside but soft inside The quilt has stories to tell and questions to ask And yet it stays silent

How Could You?

How could you leave it behind in the dust and you say it to be your fate How could you leave it to wilt there like a flower without the sun You promised to come back to it you have not It is lonely now without an owner like a stray dog Isn’t it creeping back into your mind? Shouldn’t it?