Desperation dries
on the floor
out of eyes
thoughts
fears
out of coughs
into ears
Names are called
someone else
shuffling bodies
dance propelled
by a wound
nothing soon
This heals fear
nurse’s smile
dear come inside
you’ve been here
for a while
About riverwriter
Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else?
wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/
Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.
