Outside My Window

Neliza Drew
Aug 11, 2021

All season I watched you

Vying for sun and rain

Only to notice

Carved into your flesh

A hole, not too big

Done by a dastardly squirrel

Or a hungry iguana.

partially eaten avocado in a tree

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Neliza Drew

Reader. Writer. Teacher. Artist Runner. Learner. Former Sensei. Pursuer of truthful things. Debut novel All the Bridges Burning http://nelizadrew.com/writing/