Relics

By Nettie Farris - Floyds Knob, Indiana, USA - 1 March 2014

 

 

I acquired

a few

things

while you

 

were gone --

a weeping

cedar,

some weeds

 

in the

backyard,

wild things

from the

 

woods --

a twig

entwined

with a

 

vine,

daisies,

lupine,

a carpet

 

of thick

green moss

heavy

with rain,

 

an

undetectable

ache

in my heart.