For Will
(Copyright 2025 by Michael Walker)
I remember when you
Saved
Those baby ducks
The summer
You were a security gaurd.
Their mother
Had marched them all
Over a sewer grating
And there they dropped
Trusting and unknowingly
Down
Down
One by one by one
To the slime below…
You had places to go then
Doors to check
But you stayed
Until the fire men showed.
You were that way always
Stopping
Like the Samaritan in the parable
Stopping smiling
Rescuing with gentle human drumming
From the dark
Once more.
felicity:
❤️
henrythevamp:
@felicity Thank you