POEM: Gray

By Berniegourley @berniegourley

I remember those gray days.

Drizzle. Mist.

Gray cloud bellies hung low,

scratched by church spires.

A cloak of damp,

damp cold.

Shoulders hunched.

Eyes on glistening pavement.

A world closing in.

Burying one in gray.

[National Poetry Month: Poem #15]

By B Gourley in poem, Poetry on April 9, 2017.