Nov 2016
it's november 21st again
2016
the snow is piled
up on the tips of
the tree branches
mounded on cars
blown down my neck
and through the sky
i know it didn't snow
seven years ago but i
can't remember the
weather of every anniversary
2013
just a dusting on the
grass and on my
braided hair
red plaid tunic
i have selfies and
pictures of the dog
my legs covered
in red plaid wounds
today would have been
three years clean
2011
windwhipped trees
black walnuts naked
it rains all month
and never seems to stop
2010
dress me up
take me out
fall back in love
with life but my
past is starting
to bleed
i just can't remember
the weather
i just remember
the date
things get burned into
our minds so we can
never see them the
same way again
we remember moments
and faces that don't even
matter they just stick
in our memories
it's november 21st again
2009
we're all afraid
of dying and
we're all afraid
of changing
terrified of
growing up
i don't know why
it scarred me why
it changed my
family but maybe
i need to stop asking
why and just move on
it's november 21st again
and i'm not saying anything about it
2016
the snow is piled
up on the tips of
the tree branches
mounded on cars
blown down my neck
and through the sky
i know it didn't snow
seven years ago but i
can't remember the
weather of every anniversary
2013
just a dusting on the
grass and on my
braided hair
red plaid tunic
i have selfies and
pictures of the dog
my legs covered
in red plaid wounds
today would have been
three years clean
2011
windwhipped trees
black walnuts naked
it rains all month
and never seems to stop
2010
dress me up
take me out
fall back in love
with life but my
past is starting
to bleed
i just can't remember
the weather
i just remember
the date
things get burned into
our minds so we can
never see them the
same way again
we remember moments
and faces that don't even
matter they just stick
in our memories
it's november 21st again
2009
we're all afraid
of dying and
we're all afraid
of changing
terrified of
growing up
i don't know why
it scarred me why
it changed my
family but maybe
i need to stop asking
why and just move on
it's november 21st again
and i'm not saying anything about it
Copyright 11/21/16 by B. E. McComb
