Distant Tracks
The future is blurry
in a photograph
focused on columbine
growing beside
the railroad tracks
bending into one
the farther they travel
in parallel to single file;
no matter the distance
the walker walks
following rails
forever forward.
Diane Webster's work has appeared in Old Red Kimono, North Dakota Quarterly, New English Review, Studio One and other literary magazines. She had micro-chaps published by Origami Poetry Press in 2022, 2023 and 2024. One of Diane's poems was nominated for Best of the Net in 2022. Website: www.dianewebster.com