I Was Going To Tell You - Suze Cohan

[Larry Robinson]

I Was Going To Tell You

I was going tell you 
how I wake each morning to dark foreboding
until the mournful wails of the wild peacocks on the hill,
(all competing for most lugubrious)
mock my depression, and I have to laugh out-loud.
 
Then, I get to walk into my bright kitchen,
morning sun pouring in like butterscotch,
smell the rich coffee, scent of dark chocolate.
 
I was going to tell you 
about the morning news on the radio
Apocalypse coming, here now!
 
But now, outside my window
a tiny lizard is doing serious pushups on the deck
and the comedy fills me
with unexpected joy
 
I was going to tell you
about my fear for our grandchildren’s future
how each day I feel helpless
 
Then this afternoon, I find that the broken 
tomato seedling I have tended
is growing tiny new leaves.

	- Suze Cohan
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