ANOTHER AUGUST

there is no formal harmony

between women and men

we do and are done to

some of us, our best

others are cruel and vindictive

often our intellect tells us we

are not strong, that

we have stepped too far

or are heading off the tracks, and

at times we are derailed

the moment we see the cliff’s edge

when there is no support

for the children

just rock, paper, scissors

and tough love,

we tell ourselves

that they will be victorious

we won’t know

until we see our lives

with the clarity of hindsight

and maybe there is

no genuine truth

no paths to pursue

no tracks to follow

no destination to reach

no chalice to acquire

manifestation is a new age fallacy

and it is just another august

About Heather Brager:

Heather Brager is a professional multi-tasker, mother and life-long procrastinator. While she collaborates and co-habitates with writer A.g. Synclair in southwestern Montana, she thinks far too much and drinks copious quantities of Americanos, or gin and diet tonic with a twist. Her writing and art have been published in a variety of online and print publications, including ETC with the Journal of Semantics, Deep Tissue Magazine, Red Fez, Microw (Full of Crow), The Montucky Review, Triggerfish Critical Review, A Handful of Stones, Mad Swirl, Three Line Poetry, Unlikely Stories and Heroin Love Stories.