by Tonia Shoumatoff
I sit in the sun like a snake
emerging after the long winter
still frozen inside,
relearning how to move.
From out of nowhere
tears arise behind my eyes,
an elegy for those
who have died.
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by Tonia Shoumatoff
I sit in the sun like a snake
emerging after the long winter
still frozen inside,
relearning how to move.
From out of nowhere
tears arise behind my eyes,
an elegy for those
who have died.