Another Day

author's note: I wrote this poem on January 1, 2022 in the aftermath of devastating fires in Boulder County, Colorado, as Rusian troops amassed on the borders of Ukraine, Bishop Desmond Tutu's funeral took place in South Africa, and as I girded myself for the ominous anniversary of the January 6, 2021 uprising at the Capital of the United States of America. Initially, I called the poem “one, one, two-zero-two-two” (for January 1, 2022). I could have called it “Dread”. However, I have come to interpret and present it as a personal description of any day whose portent overwhelms my attempt to say, “It is just another day.”

'just another day, but not.
'just another year, but, no, it is not.
'just another hope, but we know it is not.
'just more moments, so why momentous?
'just another opportunity that we both have and have not.
'just another day, but not.

 

 

Another Day

Bob Komives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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