Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Bystanders by Susan Shea

 

Charmain Jansen van Rensbarg

 

Bystanders

​​​We watch the just-born giraffe work

​​​hard to stand, falling over

​​​again, and again, way ahead of dread

​​​under the attentive, helpless

​​​bending necks of her family

 

​​​she has all the fuel she needs

​​​to try and try 

 

​​​as though each waiting step

​​​knows it is the necessary part

of a mainspring

greater than itself

to stoke our reassurance

© Susan Shea


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Susan Shea

Susan Shea’s poetry has been accepted by Chiron Review, Ekstasis, Loch Raven Review, LitBreak, Foreshadow, The Gentian, and others. Within the past few months, one of her poems was nominated for Best of the Net by Cosmic Daffodil, and three poems were nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Umbrella Factory Magazine.

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