a marriage gone way wrong,
intense as personal grief can be.
Moving on, recovery, takes years,
if ever; a lifetime, if you are lucky.
This day, Tax Day, Patriot’s Day,
a time of celebration for millions,
the hundreds upon thousands of
people who ran a marathon or who came
to watch as the race is run.
And, Sharon’s Stag’s Leap to be feted
on National TV as well, as it should be,
bumped from the spot by terrorists’
bombs and we all mourn the loss.
Come back Sharon,
come back
we need words that heal.
Alan Catlin has published numerous chapbooks and full-length books of poetry and prose, the latest of which, from Pygmy Forest Press, is Alien Nation.