Don Farrell

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this winter

feels like there is always more
time, until there isn’t. the sun sets
and in that last bit
of light you can still see.

i hope it feels warm
for you, that sleepy coma
morphine offers. it’s cold
this week for the rest of us. winter
has landed like a swan shot
over a cornfield.

can’t think beyond
the heartbeat in my face...
i know though
i want to be there
to touch you before
your color fades,
your eyes open
into nothing.

Don Farrell’s work has appeared in more than twenty publications, including Bodega Magazine, Thimble Literary Magazine, The Orchards Poetry Journal, and other places. His first full-length collection, there are soft and beautiful things in the world…please find me, is forthcoming from Fernwood Press in 2027, and his chapbook, blastoma is being released by Finishing Line Press in 2026.