Rest in the Whirlwind by Jason Heroux
The world is more
worldly than it seems.
Like a green evening
leaf darkening
into a night so green
it can’t be seen
I miss where I am.
I miss all the time.
Thistledown ghost
far from home
who are we
to say you’re not
where you want
to be.
Jason Heroux is grateful to live as an uninvited guest upon the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Anishinabek Nation where he is currently the Poet Laureate for the City of Kingston. His most recent book is the novel Amusement Park of Constant Sorrow (Mansfield Press, 2018).