Scene

After TM Davy

The impending light
pushes out from
an unstable center.

It tries to convert
flux into stasis. I
watch it from my

indolent perch
on the couch. If it
pushes too hard

we will capsize.
I prefer to regard
it from across

the room, letting
it guide me without
burning a hole in my sight.

Credit

Originally published in Live Magazine. Copyright © 2016 by Sally Van Doren. Used with the permission of the author.