The Dappled Path

03 Sep 2022

·Jaybird

We all walk down that dappled path toward the sheltering grove, sun and rain by the sides of the way only a distraction, wandering this well-worn trail our forefathers trod, like wild creatures we pursue our goal, unthinking, unknowing, until time has taken its toll, and when we arrive there may be joy there may be sorrow, only then will we know, tomorrow, tomorrow.

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Jaybird

I am retired, having worked primarily as a librarian, but have done freelance proofreading, copy editing, and book reviewing. I wrote some poetry many years ago, but decided it was bad and stopped, since I had other things to do. For the last ten...

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