Leaving (3)

stare at the unbelievable
polished oak and brass
thing you are in
sinks away

I turn from the hole
the incredible gap
in the whole
of us

Face the hole in the world
hole that is a blank wall
I hold on to
to nothing I

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.
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