August 2022
Bio Note: I am an award-winning poet and artist. My poems have been published in several anthologies, in newspapers and online, including Sanctuary Magazine, BigCityLit, The Long Island Quarterly, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, The Tipton Poetry Journal, Verse-Virtual, the RavensPerch, the Trouvaille Review and many more. My work was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Still Here
you were so grateful
for the trees
the fearless blazing of the leaves
even as they fell
each stating in defiance
I am still here
colors are a reason for joy, you said
do you see how pretty they are?
I picked you up
for the early-morning drive to the doctor
knowing in advance
what she was going to say
all the way there I swallowed the secret
stone after stone
I sensed you already knew
but we spoke only of beautiful things
as we watched the leaves
falling like thin shavings of precious gold
the glittering sunlight
in between the swaying branches
blinking overhead
like stars
©2022 Victoria Twomey
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