Evalyn Lee
Stagger to a Stop My Peopled Heart
Grief strikes my face. Lightning.
Sheets of rain like milk blue water.
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Rain, sheets of milk, blue water.
My brother walks the music of the rain.
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Music walking, brothered by the rain:
One, two, three, four; one, two, three, four; one,
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two, three, four; one, two, three, four. One: two.
Regrets inside my heart. I stagger.
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Inside my heart, I stagger, ghosted.
We be the animals who mourn.
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We be the animals who begin again.
This is the changing of the seasons.
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Change doesn’t die; seasons die, brothers
die. Strike my face. Grief. Lightning.
About the Author
Evalyn Lee is a former CBS News producer and poet living in London. She has produced television segments for 60 Minutes and the BBC. Her broadcast work has received an Emmy, a Grammy and Writers Guild Awards. Her poetry, short stories and essays have been published in over sixty literary magazines.