I Always Knew
by Paulette Demers Turco

       I have always known
       that at last I would
       Take this road, but yesterday
       I did not know that it would be today.
              –Narihira, LVI

I always knew
I would take a road away–
unlike my pregnant cousins.

I always knew
I would take a road away–
not with a boy who promised.

I always knew
I would take a road away–
I didn’t know …

I didn’t know …
unspoken fears
I felt at home
would follow me.


The above poem previously published by Finishing Line Press, 2018, in my
chapbook, In Silence, reprinted by permission of the Permissions Company, LLC
on behalf of Finishing Line Press, www.finishinglinepress.com.



 

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