Better Late Than Never
written by: Melissa Lemay
“Better late than never,”
said the poem to the bear,
as chill fell through the forest
in the dry November air.
The geese were leaving lately,
off to their southern abodes,
though they couldn’t quite be sure:
weather to stay? Weather to go?
The bear hadn’t begun yet
to thicken for his winter coat.
The poem didn’t tell him why,
after all, it was just a note.
It is a common misconception
poems are just to perform –
this one, a single couplet, said:
“the globe is getting warm.”
Melissa Lemay is a stay-at-home mother from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She never graduated college. She has lived an interesting life and her experiences shape her writing (some might call it an obsession). She writes about God, addiction, trauma, healing, being a mother, and many other things. Additionally, she enjoys spending time with family, drinking good coffee, and cats–petting them, not drinking them. Find her at Melissa Lemay at WordPress.
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