21st December 2018

Winter equinox
sheltering from rain
a solitary crow

© Rachel Green 2018

the last request
of an elderly relative
was a wooden grave marker.
I watched it decay
over the course of a decade;
home to woodlice and millipeded,
spiders and slugs.
Summer wasps scraping it for pulp
moss and lichen take hold
until at last it had gone
and all that was left of my aunt
was a fond memory

© Rachel Green 2018