New Poetry by James Babbs

The Color of the Sky

sitting at home

alone

feeling kind of lonely

and months have passed

since the last time

I was in love

summer has come and gone

and fall has started to

give way to another winter

the mornings just a little colder

the color of the sky seems different

and the light doesn’t last as long

and I keep asking questions

that have more than one answer

and sometimes none of them

are the answer I was hoping for

almost dark again and

I lean forward in my chair

before getting to my feet

and I understand the broken things

can’t always be mended

sometimes

it’s better to throw them away

and start over again

- James Babbs 2016

James Babbs continues to live and write from the same small Illinois town where he grew up.  He has published hundreds of poems over the past thirty years and, recently, a few short stories.  James is the author of Disturbing The Light(2013) & The Weight of Invisible Things(2013).