BD Feil
Stewardship
Am I to nurture this tree or am I to fight it
its suckers waiting for me every morning
like so many eyebrows in my morning mirror
am I to stand over it through the summer
pinching at rumors squelching independence
laying ruin to its first tremors of initiative
am I to protect it from all pestilence
from rampant disease from grazing teeth
from painful rejection from damaging jealousy
am I to answer yes to all these questions
I put to myself and no to all those
this sapling's shining leaves tip to my turned face
Bio
BD Feil has credits in Mississippi Review, New Plains Review, Best Ohio Fiction, and Comstock Review, among others. He lives in Michigan with quite the brood.