Try to Forget that You Left

Let it out
Release the panic
Oh, release the panic
Get it out, get it out
—Release the Panic by Red

a tablespoon of chocolate ice cream in the freezer
a half eaten apple on the kitchen table
an unanswered letter waiting for a response
a half completed Sunday crossword puzzle
and four books with bookmarks on the lamp table

instead recall the sound of the Carolina Wren
corralling listeners with a song—it's spring
and forget whatever you left uncompleted

the hoped for projects— possibilities
delayed for another season

soon the sun will rise early and retire late
whatever is left can wait—



Day 29
April National Poetry Month
Prompt: use a line from a previous poem as the title