{"id":10038,"date":"2023-09-25T13:17:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T13:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=10038"},"modified":"2023-11-26T15:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T15:27:09","slug":"life-is-precious-by-william-wiggins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/life-is-precious-by-william-wiggins\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is Precious by William Wiggins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Life is Precious<\/span><\/p>\n

by William Wiggins<\/p>\n

Even as the night sighs,
\nI am enamored by the silence
\nof the trees. The leaves sleep
\nin the air as the boys
\nhuddle closely together,
\nwhispering of their fathers.
\nFireflies hover in place
\naround us, barely glistening
\nas a woman rests her eyes
\nbedded with if.<\/p>\n

Life\u2014it\u2019s still here.
\nSometimes I forget.<\/p>\n

But when there\u2019s no more deer on the hill
\nor birds in the bush, we know they\u2019re still,
\ntoo. Gone, but there. Waiting. Tomorrow,
\nthe sun will rise, kissing the earth awake
\nand we\u2019ll thank her with our being, our eating.<\/p>\n

Nodding, I\u2019d like to imagine
\nthat there will be horses.<\/p>\n

Some galloping, sweating with pride;
\nsome sitting with the foal near the trees.
\nA gentle heat sliding through the leaves.<\/p>\n

Or bees, buzzing by the flowers
\nas the boys sway in the field.
\nOne humming, the other singing.<\/p>\n

Or even, just the woman.
\nSitting in the grass, shining.
\nAnd simply smiling.<\/p>\n

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William Wiggins is an African American writer who is currently pursuing his Master’s in Psychology at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been writing poetry since July of 2022.<\/p>\n

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