Scrapbook
She sees sunlight, so quiet
she can almost hear the dust.
Heat wears away the edges,
in life, in photographs.
These memories are old
like someone else’s shoes –
rigid where they should bend
pliant where they should be tough.
She didn’t know how much she wanted
until she felt ready to jump in.
By then the zeotrope had blurred –
scenes spun past too fast.
Now she sees how quickly opportunities collapse.
To want one thing is
to want a thousand things.
The real trick is to want today’s offerings.
She places the book back up
on its high dusty shelf
slips on her shoes and gloves
and steps out to tend her roses.
© Cynthia Linville
Bio: Cynthia Linville’s work has appeared in many publications and several anthologies. Her two books of collected poems, The Lost Thing and Out of Reach, were published by Cold River Press. Her poems have been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and two Best of the Net awards. Linville has received three mini-grants from Poets & Writers to perform in collaboration with musicians. She invented a poetic form dubbed the Linvillanelle which can be viewed here:
https://webpages.csus.edu/~sac16141/TheLinvillanelle.pdf
Cynthia is also a photographer whose work has appeared in People's Tribune, Sacramento News & Review, Capital Public Radio website, WTF, and more. You can see more of her work at CynthiaLinville.com.
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