Wishfully Remembering

Nostalgia trumps memory
when looking back

The bad fading gray
offloading the black

Sparse moments of joy
though far and between

Now color our feelings
—as red turns to green

(Dreamsleep: October, 2021)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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