top of page

The Feed

Lola, Lila, and A Little Empathy

Yesterday I met Peter, an older gentleman from my neighborhood. He patted my pup on the head and told me his wife goes to the pound to find the most troubled dog she can—because she believes she can fix them.“And she does,” he said with a smile. Today I met his wife. I waved from across the road, and she hurried over like an old friend. My usually shy pup melted under her touch, tail thumping with joy. “I like to go to the pound and pick the dogs with the most problems,” she

lifeline pt. 2

 

it is now at 5:25 on a monday evening 

that i realize what has kept me here 

i am surviving off of dead poets & living ones

their souls live by keeping mine alive

i am here because 

one stanza 

one sentence 

one word 

found my breath 

worth taking 

 

each one a compression on my chest saying 

just one more day 

 

poets never die

© 2023 The Pen Bleeds for Me. All rights reserved.

bottom of page