Peeled Diary Pages

"Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces" John Ruskin, 1853 A scrap of sleep, a lopsided sky A slip of verse that wandered by The universe of a minute, an hour's lag A poem scribbled on the back of a paper bag Fragmented lyrics of lost words Coaxed into song by hummingbirds Where sapphire moons rise at noon And ivory dawn reddens too soon But for lonely love of poetry Cast aside by conformity Cloistered, salted tears consumed the sea Drenched in magnanimous misery Masking shy scars to look the same Calling pain by prettier names Peeled pages from the diary Of the once and future me. 8/29/20 For 'All the Little Pieces' contest Sponsor: Constance La France