Best Poems Written by Kathleen Zimmerman

Prey

I am running and reaching, my fingers outstretched 
To grasp at her thundering form 
Which ducks and weaves between whispering trees 
Moving like a warm summer storm 

She is a river, carving her path through the rock 
Her steps were firm and secure 
So sure, and unceasing, the cold breeze increasing 
The chase I couldn’t endure 

She was the tide of the wide, deep ocean
Which comes each day just the same
Pulling and pushing the sand as it plays
With a power, no one can tame

She is the time that I tried to grasp 
What I wanted to stop for a day
But she was a faster, hounding form
And now I’m trapped as her prey

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