By J.B. Hogan
Step by step, barely perceptible
stages seldom noticed until
each is well past – past another
milestone, another mile marker
down the road that won’t be
retraced step by step, except
in memory of all that has been
weakened, faded, lost.
Little things go at first,
things once easy, now
difficult and slower,
harder, a hint of pain,
harder the recovery
ever slower, slower,
lines crossed, processes slowing,
full stop coming, stages passed,
long process complete.
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J. B. Hogan is a poet, fiction writer, and local historian. He has been published in a number of journals including the Blue Lake Review, Crack the Spine, Copperfield Review, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Well Read Magazine, and Aphelion. His twelve books include Bar Harbor, Mexican Skies, Living Behind Time, Losing Cotton, The Apostate and, most recently, Forgotten Fayetteville and Washington County (local history). He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.