lilt in a breeze

By Stella Read

on a bench
in Barcelona,
open-neck plaid shirt
betrays him as a visitor,
children chase their
football,
unaware that he is there

I watch from behind an olive tree,
observe a passive contentment
undesired in life,
never quite as still
or calm,
as in death

Stella Read
June 14, 2020

Selected by Jenn ZedImage Lucrezia Carnelos

Published in Open Arts Forum on July 24, 2020.

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Stella Read

Stella Read, aging Canadian,

lover of international literature,

wandering, birding, wording and knitting.