Poetry: Evening Walk

EVENING WALK

In an evening walk

I’ll calculate my next move

Coordinate my conversations

Consider the risks

Conceive inspiration

An evening walk will

Tidy my head

Warm my heart

Make my nose run

Red scarf flies like a flag

Of freedom and life

Wrapped around me

Coiled across my mouth

That’s speaking only fog

Under the street lights

I travel across time

The sidewalk is my path

Street signs guide me

The alleyway home

Lights the runway

Motion detection working

At every gate

In MOTION I am

Night walking

*a favorite poem from 2012

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Published by Shannon Laws

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One thought on “Poetry: Evening Walk”

I loved this poem the first time I heard your read it and love it now. The red scarf is a powerful image. Thanks for posting this drop of sweetness. Susan C-F.

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