i stare at it
looking down into
the very maw of hell
the sidewalk giving way
to the depths below
a doomed damned soul
clutching the earth
trying to forestall
the inevitable fall
then walk over it
as i hurry on
late for work
again
©2010-Art Belliveau
Check out the picture that inspired the poem.
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1 comment:
I loved the poem. It seems like life, for a moment we contemplate what is larger than ourselves and our destinies...and then real life intrudes again and we hurry on, forgetting the wisdom that might have broken through our cloudy minds.
But then I clicked the photo...WOW!! That is amazing!
I really like both photo and poem. Thanks for posting these.
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