today’s forecast called for snow,
a prediction indifferent
to the calendar’s early border for spring,
as well as to my own personal feelings on the matter.
winter has these silences,
hidden between the refrains
of wind pushing past pine, through buildings, rattling
windows and bones.

—from “[swan song]” by #KatelynGrimes, published in #CapsuleStories Winter 2022 Edition: Hibernation. Grab your paperback or ebook copy: http://capsulestories.com/winter-2022-edition #earlyspring #poem #poetry #refrain #silence #writing