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.
Author
Sally Van Doren
Poet Sally Van Doren was the recipient of the 2007 Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets
Date Published
09/21/2017