nearly cave

Photo of grizzly bear

nearly cave

 

black spots
black bear
emerge
let down quickly by the sun
all the gardening
has been in disarray
and undone

there’s no medal, you know, for any of these

none they get to see
only what they become.

 

Poem by Robyn Schelenz

 

Robyn Schelenz is a writer from Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. Her work has previously appeared in Rattle and Revue Pøst and is forthcoming in The Pangolin Review.