still

I like the feeling of moving.

Solar halo photo © Gordon Schenck

still 2025.08.31

it's still

i don't like still

even though i look up at the sky
and can see the clouds moving
barely covering
the yellow-white eye
staring down on me
like the sheer window coverings
my grandmother preferred

i like the feel of moving air
pushing on me
like i'm still going somewhere 

and still
no wind 
it feels like the change
between summer and autumn
like between the rise and the fall
of expectations 

like when a person goes cold

i don't like still
except in winter

i'm not ready for winter 

Mary Gauthier - When A Woman Goes Cold