Sunday 30 August 2020

A Poem a Day (250): Pre-light

 

Pre-light

These things lie half-finished
In the spot where they began,

Where they jumpstarted, imagined
Something unique, dreamed anew.

We build a stage for our modestness,
Our claims to be something greater.

We watch the stairs climb backwards
Into the green days of youth.

These humble reflections drawn on air.
Can you peel the shades back that far?

We can walk where the moon swirls
Equidistant to her stars, pre-light,

Flickering in circles of memories.
We can’t hide ourselves away forever.

Our feelings lay stripped out and bare,
Our bodies there for the crossing.

We stare into the light of the horizon,
Daring the world to swallow us whole.

Copyright Vickie Johnstone, August 28, 2020

 

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