Bright Break

bright break over snow
by Rickey Rivers Jr.

My time away broke scenery.

The protagonist found themselves in a different place and time,
the antagonist nowhere around,
the setting so much brighter.

Oh, such brightness without you.
Oh, such joy to be had.
Oh, I sing a song aloud.
Others stop and stare.

I care not, blissful tears are sweet
and my heart is like a harp.

Loud is my joy.
Loud is my happy.

A beautiful melody reminds me of me.
Don’t you hear this happiness?
It’s so wild and oh, so free.


Rickey Rivers Jr. was born and raised in Alabama. He is a writer and cancer survivor. His work has appeared in Picaroon Poetry, Back Patio Press, Marias at Sampaguitas, Crepe & Penn (among other publications). Follow him on Twitter @storiesyoumight or his website https://storiesyoumightlike.wordpress.com/. His third mini collection of 3×3 poems is available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VDH6XG5.

(And check out Rickey’s poem Much Disregarded from our November 4, 2019 Weekly. – Elephants Never)

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