Antonia Uptmoor

August 4th

Why is it
That sometimes
Things get way too close to you
And others
You don’t feel at all
Today
Is one of those days
Where all is overwhelming
One that
Forbids to focus
Just brings you back
To everything that hides within
The nothing that exists
And doesn’t
A day
that’s burdened
By the omnipresence of death
And relieved by
That same thing
Today is when I
Miss you most.