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Urge

sometimes we wish the freedom of sunset's pink clouds
                                     that cross the sky in ribbons
sometimes one urge piles on top of another, 
                                      the gathering bounty of spring
like
an urge to run through April rain, overcoming arthritic pain, 
                                                          an idle wanderer within

an urge to shake off the Blues like Jello loosened from its mold

an urge to spring clean clutter, messy like seaweed draped 
                                                                   over a walrus

an urge to stifle stress that sizzles like bacon frying, 
displacing contentment 

an urge to flush a slush pile of "to do's" that gag sleep 

an urge to watch birds at the feeder, tutored travelers 
                                                    chattily sharing stories

an urge to inhale the solemnity of church to void 
                                                             the wounds 
                                                              of striving

no longer subdued by the clean clasps of cold,
nature nudges newness into empty spaces
for winter leaving lifts the script of cold unforgiving, 
                                        like a child reciting rhymes




Poem composed April 17, 2023



Book: Shattered Sighs