Quotes and and Poems: Day 49

Quote:

"Turn your wounds into wisdom." — Oprah Winfrey

Poem:

Diehards

BY RAY MCMANUS

I'm dying.

My wife is dying.

Our kids are dying.

Their pets are dying.

The neighbors are dying.

The tree out back is dying,

and the field behind it

is dying again.

The road is not dying,

but everything on it is:

every bone cycle,

every skin machine,

and that's where

we're leaving it.

My wife pats the backseat,

wakes the kids and says look.

Their eyes are wide open

in the rearview mirror.