Neighbors

We will be neighbors,

we will not pick and choose,

we will be glad

at those that live near,

those that drop by

We’ll still be neighbors,

though some will leave

and others will move in,

though futures we imagined

involve a different cast

The distance teaches us

to value every face,

the land’s benevolence

becomes a part of us.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 12, 2018