Jeffery Allen Tobin
Remnants
Rain taps at the window,
a hesitant visitor
on this grey afternoon.
Photographs scatter across the table,
faces smile from a sunnier past,
frozen in their last laugh.
A cup of tea cools,
untouched, the steam a wisp
of warmth fading.
Outside, leaves drift downward,
a slow dance to the ground,
whispering of seasons turned.
In this quiet room,
echoes fill the spaces you left,
soft as the rain's persistent sigh.
Bio
Jeffery Allen Tobin is a political scientist and researcher based in South Florida. His extensive body of work primarily explores U.S. foreign policy, democracy, national security, and migration. Currently affiliated with Florida International University, he contributes to both the academic community and policymaking sphere. He has been writing poetry and prose for more than 30 years.