Mindless by Joanne Durham

Wake up early,

day still sleeps

outside,

stars and moon

whisper

we waited

so we wouldn’t

miss you,

dream world slips

in and out

of shadows,

calm drapes

over the street

in misty folds.

It’s fine sometimes

to be mindless

and heart-full

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Joanne Durham is a retired educator living on the coast of North Carolina, USA, with the ocean as her backyard. She was a finalist for the 2021 NC Poetry Society's Laureate Award and the NC State Poetry Contest. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Third Wednesday, Gyroscope, Love in the Time of COVID Chronicles, and other journals and anthologies. More about her life and her work can be found at https://www.joannedurham.com/.