Animus Possession

20 April 2026

https://poems.culturing.net/2026/04/20/animus-possession/

She walks angry, surely right,
self-evidently so, and sure also
that love is for fools. All is bad
forever. But somewhere in her
something stirs, remembering warmth,
remembering how she believed
in herself and in others, so long ago,
but still within reach.