It is Never Too Late

It is never too late

To find a love that lasts

It’s never too late 

To watch how the milkweed and purple irises

Bend towards each other

It’s never too late to trudge

Step by difficult step

Away from the throes of fear and anxiety

To hear the woodthrush’s sliver of promise

Greeting the spring morning

Telling myself even in tortured times

Divorce at forty, dating past fifty

Step by slow step

Maybe fear one day 

Will fly away on a feather

August 2023