A Cautious Passion
Not knowing if there will be tomorrow
for us, I open my eyes knowing,
from somewhere, you’ll be there
fussing over breakfast or
greasing your son’s unruly hair—
Mac Donald Dixon is a Caribbean Writer from Saint Lucia. His writing has appeared in: Link Magazine, Caribbean Quarterly (CQ), Bim, West Indian Writer, Callaloo, Poetry International, Wasafiri, Agenda, RBL, New Wave Contemporary Short Stories, and the Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse. Some of his work has been translated into French, Kwéyòl, Spanish, Danish, and Mandarin.