Mike Bayles Poet Free verse

Southern Exposure

A woman’s voice said
Look out the window
and I saw a ravine
with a fresh cover
of snow.
I thought it was the neighbor
but I was alone.
A thicket of trees
reached for the sun
yet I noticed
one was fallen
its age born
in its rings.
Two cats lay on my bed
as I took in my visions
of a pastoral scene.
a day in February
in the middle of town.
In this moment
I bore my seasons
and winter called for spring
yet a patch of a lawn
had turned brown.
A woman’s voice said
Live, live again
as I faced another day.

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Andrea Dietrich February 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM So where did that voice come from? I enjoyed this and especially that you have cats on your bed?

Kim Rodrigues February 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM I love the imagery here, Mike! First a woman’s voice, then the two cats on the bed. This poem has a dreamy quality! Fave for me!

Hilda Greenhough February 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM These many vignette give a feeling of change. The cats remain unnamed. Question is whose cats are they? There is a lot of intrigue. It is an interesting mystery.