Saturday, August 13, 2016

"Promotion," a Poetry Post

Epsom salt.

Epsom salt and
hot baths at
5 in the evening.

Late nights.
Early mornings.
Threats.
Heartbreak and hard times.
Successes.
Set backs.

Long conversations and
100 phone calls.

Tears.
Sweat.

Progress.

Set backs.
Tasks.

Questions?
Questions,
Questions,
Questions.

Laughs.

Late lunches and
skipped breakfasts.

Really late dinners.

Laughs.

Teamwork and
dream work and
that ain't what that
seems work and
"Oh, that's what that
means" work.

And I mean work.

Aches.
Pains.
Gains.
Losses.
Gains.

Pain.
Pains.
Applause and more
pains.

Change.

-T. D. James-Moss