Eventually by Martin Willitts Jr.

the dampened wood with the half melted snow

and the slow sure way icicles drops a piece of loss

softens in the dead mulching leaves

searching for any permanence

even a stone drifts in time 

cool springs lose some chill

when heat is transferred from your touch

none of this eternal

loss can only last so long

then it parts as a silent bird

eventually there will be half the stars

rain can only cool the world off a little

Martin Willitts Jr is a retired Librarian. His poems appeared in Blue Fifth, Centrifugal Eye, Stone Canoe, Kentucky Review, Poppy Road Review, and many others. He has 11 full-length collections including "How to Be Silent" (FutureCycle Press, 2016) and forthcoming "Dylan Thomas and the Writer Shed" (FutureCycle Press, 2017).