Walking solo as weed feelings grow,
scraggly; wild in the verges.
Seeking solace. Wanting rain.
A soothing soak turns from bones to feathers
the burden of mourning.
Spiky and smooth, fields of fringed leaves
sparkle. Now sing the colors
of Thistle, Vetch, and Clover.
Sing the yellows and purples
of your bruises; the deep burgundy
of your heart, the blue
veins of each scar.
Honor your loved one’s fears and favorites
with this wild wandering. Remember
trails; switchbacks zigzagging, wildflower swaths
and the strong muscle above wool socks, sturdy
laced boots, pleasure palpable. Steep in it;
hear that whistling song.
Marjorie Moorhead
Marjorie Moorhead writes poetry from a river valley at the border of NH/VT. Her chapbooks are Survival: Trees, Tides, Song (Finishing Line Press 2019), and Survival Part 2: Trees, Birds, Ocean, Bees (Duck Lake Books 2020). A full length collection is forthcoming from Kelsay Books. Many of Marjorie’s poems can be seen at sites such as Verse-Virtual, Sheila-Na-Gig, Indolent Books, Tiny Seed Literary, Literary North, Writing in a Woman’s Voice, Moist Poetry, and others, as well is in many anthologies. https://marjoriewritespoetry.wordpress.com/places-you-can-see-my-work/