From the 2011 edition of The Crusader: Forgiveness
I told you: it feels like bugs,
Millions of bugs (tiny ones)
Sprinting under my skin. Blood-
drowned ants infest
me, & die: a sad
diagnosis:
over indulgence. You
jog every day at four
I stare at the bugs
crawling
the cracked sidewalk, listen
for the sound of your shoes running home.
Crunch, splish, crunch,
Splish. You stop panting & let me
choose this one, lots of legs
scrambling, to save.
Abbie J. Bergdale