Issue 14
Cold
Mary LeRoy
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Reluctant Request
Please, do not tell me it is time.
Let me remain tightly wrapped
in my chrysalis of toasty quilts
snuggled there till I
am ready to emerge on my own.
Silent, a reluctant gray moth
sliding from the cocoon of warmth
to fly with wings unfolded
into the cold breath of day.
~Mary LeRoy
Mary LeRoy lives in a small town in Pennsylvania, has been a
nurse for over 20 years and writes to keep her sanity! Her poems can be
found on several on-line poetry workshops.
© 2003 by Mary LeRoy. All Rights Reserved.
© Copyright 2003 by Cayuse Press. All Rights Reserved.