In one month I will fly

wake and dress pat the dogs head as she slumbers

slink out the back door to the waiting taxi to take flight

It may be summer as you read this or autumns turn of color

here as I prepare and look ahead it is white

white ground white trees white sidewalks slick with fevered bootprints

i wont be staying long a duty fulfilled long worn thin

necessitates a glance into the future as I type thoughts and sink my

mind into the clearer edges of this winter day