SURVIVAL

A tiny lizard

knows to heave

leaves it’s under,

appear huge,

just to live.

IN MEMORY OF JOHN LEWIS

When I believe,

it’s like bleeding

so profusely,

no doctor

can stop

the blood.

               GOSPEL OF GARDENING

It is sizzling.

It is said that

rain is on the

horizon. That

it may be

accompanied by

severe storms.

After thinking

about it for less

than a second,

My only re-

solve is,

bring the rain.

WILLIE JAMES KING is a widely published poet. His book, To Be the Difference, was selected by Pamela Uschuk and William Pitt Root for the Silver Concho series, published by Press53, 2019. He resides in Montgomery, AL.