Montreal Musings

Downtown Montreal
on a quiet Sunday evening
February, 
winter resilient
clings to window panes

wind howling down Sherbrooke 
streets deserted,


cafes filled with students,
eyes fixed on glowing screens
preparing
for far off
Destinies
 
And I, 
a lone mother

walk gingerly 
through the slush

Hugging this city
That my child inhabits