\nDawn\nnever feels \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nlike\na beginning<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nanymore.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nOnly\nthe beginning \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nof\nthe end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nSome\ndays, I wonder<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nif\nI died in my sleep<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nand\nmy spirit just hasn’t \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nfigured\nit out yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nToday,\nfrom the bus,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nI\nsaw a woman collapse<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nagainst\nthe wall<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nof\nthe hospital building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nHer\ngrandson had to \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nhold\nher up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nI’m\ntired<\/em>,\nshe kept saying,<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nI’m\njust so tired.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \nHer\nworld had clearly ended<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nand\nher spirit knew it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lauren Scharhag is the author of twelve books, including West Side Girl & Other Poems, Requiem for a Robot Dog<\/em> (Cajun Mutt Press), and the forthcoming High Water Lines<\/em> (Prolific Press). Her work has appeared in over 100 literary venues around the world. She is the recipient of the Door is a Jar Award and the Gerard Manley Hopkins Award for poetry, as well as a fellowship from Rockhurst University for fiction. She lives in Kansas City, MO. To learn more about her work, visit: www.laurenscharhag.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spirit Death Dawn never feels like a beginning anymore. Only the beginning of the end. Some days, I wonder if I died in my sleep and my spirit just hasn’t figured it out yet. Today, from the bus, I saw a woman collapse against the wall of the hospital building. Her grandson had to hold … <\/p>\n