“Creation Song”
You can lament,
but you can also create.
You can think of the monarch butterflies
dying on their way to Mexico.
You can think about spoiled food;
you can lament.
But you could also feed the garden.
You could also write a eulogy.
You can notice — aloud — the stores
that put out the Christmas stuff
when it’s only October;
you can lament.
But you can also decorate the tree
on December 24th,
26th, even,
if you’d like to stick it to the man.
You can lament,
but about creation?
Casey Vieira is an English major in the New England area who has been writing since she could hold a pen. Her main focus is poetry, though she is well acquainted with writing short stories and plays. Her work contemplates spirituality, gender, and the lovely complicacy of interpersonal relationships, with a habit of drawing forth from her own experiences, and narrative alike. Outside of writing, Casey enjoys dramatic theatre, philosophy, and nature.
