Memories in the backyard
A dog scratching at
The kitchen door,
Birdsong and breezes,
Whispers in the trees,
As outside old memories
Try to find their way in,
Lizards on the fence
Wisteria hanging down,
A boy falling down the steps,
A deep future scar on my knee
As my mother and aunt,
On those steps where
We set the mockingbird free,
Try to stop the bleeding.
Donovan Baldwin