Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Going Home by Nolcha Fox

 

Image | 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. A best-selling author, her poetry books are available on Amazon and Dancing Girl Press. Nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize multiple times. Editor of Chewers by Masticadores and Poetry Bookshelf on LatinosUSA. 


Websites: https://writingaddiction2.wordpress.com/

and https://nolchafox2.wixsite.com/nolcha-s-written-wor/blog 

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





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