I just saw this blackened stump
over in the neighbor’s yard and
it looks like a dead horse to me
its head missing and
lying on its back with
its four legs pointing toward the sky and
I wish they’d finish burning it
because I don’t want to be
reminded of a dead horse
every time I look over there and
I thought today was going to be
better than yesterday
but I can’t shake these feelings
they keep clinging to me
like a second skin and
I keep walking around
feeling like I’m lost again and
never really knowing
what I’m going to find