Groundhog Day, a day without reason.

We were unprepared for the pain of this last Leave-taking.

I can’t be quiet when all around me are making noise.

If I should die before I wake, Show me the paths I love to take.

Unlike so many Thanksgivings before, a meal my family won’t share, emotion is felt so much more.

Outside a turkey pecks at my lawn. Inside I peck at my keyboard