When the Geese Go

by The Devotional Voice

Original EveryPoem Studio house-voice poem.

When the geese go south, no sermon follows. The sky keeps their brief handwriting, then lets it fade. Creation practices departure without calling it failure. Teach us the wisdom of enough: to bless what cannot stay, to turn when weather changes, to leave a path in the air.
48 words · 10 lines · Free Verse
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