Holly, Ontario

Holly far from home

First time on the road

Stops beside the lake

And walks out onto the snowJust eighteen years old

First time away from home

Discommunicates

For the first time truly aloneHolly digs a hole

and kneels as though to pray

Reveals a shrouded phone

And buries it in the lakeHolly far from home

First time on the road

Drives beside the lake

For the first time in north Ontario