the moment that i lost him/i threw my belongings into my backpack/grabbed my hiking boots, and headed/to the great appalachian trail/where each step i took/over the dusty earth/reminded me/of growing up//i heard my dad/in my best memories/speaking/breathing/as he walked tall beside me/and constantly i felt/the raggedness of grief//but the trees/the mountains/even the pouring rain/patched my open wound/and kept me from bleeding out//and each night/i’d glance up at the stars/flipping the silver dollar coin he gave me/and slapping it down on my hand/to decide my fate//heads/stay the night//tails/keep climbing
Central Resource Library’s interior will be closed on Saturday, Sept. 23 for Johnson County Library Foundation’s annual fundraising event, Library Lets Loose. The holds pickup window will remain open.