Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Going Home by Nolcha Fox

 

Philip Serino

Going Home


It’s 5 o’clock. The buildings pour

the tired workers out their doors.

The workers who walk home now drag

themselves to where the sidewalk ends.

They drop frustrations, fears,

and setbacks on the ground.

Each barefoot step reverses hours,

days, then weeks, then months, then years.

Burden-free, they run through mud to catch

the tadpoles in the puddles left by rain. 

Children jump into the stream,

hide-and-seek among the trees.

They hopscotch, jump rope, kick a can

until their mothers call them home to eat.

© Nolcha Fox

Nolcha Fox


Nolcha Fox’s poems have been curated in print and online journals. Her poetry books are available on Amazon and Dancing Girl Press. Nominee for 2023 and 2025 Best of The Net, 2024 Best of the Net Anthology. Nominee for a 2023 Pushcart Prize. Editor of Chewers by Masticadores.

Website: https://writingaddiction2.wordpress.com/ and 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nolcha.fox/


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