Forfeits
published in The Closed Eye Open, July 2026
https://theclosedeyeopen.com/mayas-micros-ed-37/


who will remember
what held us together
through the charm and disquiet
of our days in the woods?

who can recite
what we left for safekeeping
to learn only later
we could no longer claim?

and who can still see
the path to our cabin
hoofprints in snow between dark trees
as flames curl around boxes of letters
and quilts decompose at the edge of the field?