“Cherry Blossom Highway” – © chriscondello 2013 – Walnut Street – Wilkinsburg, PA – I remembered to get it… I had planned to do more… But the wind erased my canvas immediately following this photo…
I wrote this two days ago… May 2nd… Didn’t think I would post it… But I am… I was sitting on my back porch observing and writing… When shots rang out… I attempted to write-through it…
This is how many of my poems begin… It is observational notes I take to try to spark a poem… After reading this… I decided to post it as is… Hope you enjoy…
May 2, 2013
Warm spring in the moonlight… Evening pleasantries…
Breeze smells of lilac… One of the warmer spring scents…
Cherry blossoms float through the sky…
Dandelion floaters lift up high…
Then fall into my backyard…
Warm days don’t equal warm nights…
But that won’t stop me…
As the smoke flows in the street light glow…
I plan for my cherry blossom highway…
The ground beneath my feet begins to shake…
Preparing for a metaphysical earthquake…
Shots fired… 12:12 AM – 11 or 12 of them… Sounded like just a block or two away… Maybe Rebecca Avenue and Center Street…
Now my senses are wide awake…
As I wait for a reply…
Shouting and screaming…
Silenced with the sound…
Sirens scream through the night…
Orange glow is now just light…
The night no longer celebrates…
The silence makes me contemplate…
Where do the good spirits go?..
Why can I no longer find them?..
Man makes me question the presence of God…
But nature always answers…
I will find my peace tomorrow…
Goodnight…
plant petunias and question everything – chriscondello
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Keep guard. Be well. Keep the peace.
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Hope you and your neighbors are ok.
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