Rope Bridge Across the Chasm
Tension
Frustration
Impossible
demands
unmet
Self flowing
into Nothing
leaves uncertain emptiness
Glass canyon
abandoned lifeboat
infinite despairin
no one cares:
paradise forever lost
at the edge of possibility
on the desert's farther edge
at the lifeboat's moorage
on the canyon's rim.
Before today:
placid dream
satisfying
joyful
cheer
After today:
possibilities
probabilities
uncertainty
fear
Today
is a rope bridge across the chasm
between yesterday
and
tomorrow
Copyright © John Mudge | Year Posted 2017
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