lilacs—
a road that ends
in blackflies
*
begging for silence:
a thousand crows
and the wind
*
another tooth
lost forever—
evening crickets
*
a deer's rib cage
sifts through the breeze—
dandelions
*
milkweed rises
in a pasture of haze—
my wife's eyelashes
Andrew Riutta
bravenet.com