Hallway to Nowhere

Tag: passage

  • 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

  • Death’s Entrance (Poem)

    I consider the gateway of my death.

    It is always before me, sometimes hidden by distractions.

    There are periods I see it more clearly.

    As of late the details of its appearance become more defined,

    And the door opens widely and freely.

    When will I pass through?

    I, as with other beings, do not know this for certain.

    Each moment brings me closer.

    Let me prepare now.

    I can almost feel the latch swing under my hand

    And hear the rustle of the gravel as my foot starts over the stile.