When I look up
I see a doe edging closer
in the early evening fog,
stopping at the bend in the trail
where we have stopped
to have our pictures taken.
When I look up again
over the camera lens
our eyes lock, as if
we’ve made a pact
to endure the remote stillness
of this moment, to welcome
the countless lives
we are both destined to live.
Brandon McQuade is an award-winning poet and founding editor of Duck Head Journal. He is the author of two poetry collections, Mango Seed and Bodies, for which he was awarded the 2022 Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award. He lives in Northern Wyoming with his wife and their children.
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