We Wait, We Remember

By Emmy-Lou Norton


Morning dew waits 
while the autumnal leaves are due 
Coffee waits to be drunk 
Books wait to be read, words are waiting to be written 
Winding roads turn into winding roots, 
the neighbours garden is  
becoming mine 
 
Weeds grow through the cement, 
weeds beneath my feet become weeds in my feet 
 
I can smell burning wood through my windows, 
burning wood covers everything I own 
Smoking sky is a shared feeling with friends 
 
Are memories actually as good as we remember them? 
 
Photo albums hold letters. 
Their address is somewhere that  
can no longer be; 
located.

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