Monday, May 18, 2020

RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES

When you first looked 
ahead, did you notice? 

The difference 
between being 

and being something 
is enormous;

it's the difference 
between fire 

and whatever it is 
that's burning. 

One is an obdurate shadow 
tightly constricted 

on the sun's surface;
the other is yearning 

to live on 
in perpetuity

as it waves
back and forth

in the noose 
of present tense.