Hallway to Nowhere

Tag: impermanent

  • If Crows Do Not Suffice (Poem)

    when the moment hangs so heavy

    there right there in front

    unexpected after a turn up a street

    so that you remember the weight of time

    and when you first felt its pressure

    again and again these encounters

    seemingly stochastic but you know better

    look up at the derelict casements

    and cracked glass windowpanes

    the peeling impermanent glory of ordinary passage

    the gritty testament to the beauty of wearing down

    with their comfort walk on and take care

    to step on each spider-webbed crack in the sidewalk

  • Precarious Ground (Poem)

    Right now I walk so uncertainly

    With little knowledge of what will cause me to fall.

    I can talk to a stranger with ease

    But then a smile makes me flee to cry in shadows.

    How to navigate this mercurial terrain baffles me.

    The world shifts without warning,

    While so also does my ability to adapt.

    I had the illusory notion I could cope well.

    This has fled, as I struggle once more.

    How do I give thanks for this reminder of impermanence,

    When I feel thrown back into depression’s embrace?

    Surely some of my study and practice will stay

    To provide a steadying influence while I falter through my day.