Playing Again

Hear words like goodbye

In Playing Again, Sarah Axelrod Beyond Being Good treats us to a gentle metamorphosis of perspective, connecting the endurance of the natural world to the inevitability of ageing. It is a lyrical exploration of time, capturing universal themes within the minutiae of the everyday.

The notion of playing again

but as a bird

pecking at cruffin crumbs

under a Palo Verde tree

Or as the tree

waving arms in one spot

the world changing

a family nearby

looking out the window

growing old

the window becomes their world

lucky to see familiar faces

hear words like goodbye

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