Photo: Jason Mrachina of inspiredphotography 

dragging it behind

to avoid saying goodbye —

our boy and his stick

we make a path

only to have geese decide

it was meant for them

“It’s freezing!”

my four year-old pool friend,

giggling as I dive

our grieving boy

still stumbling over

new levels of “gone”

we give up

trying to chase

the bats out

I took her name

out of my phone today —

sun burning the grass