Monday, January 6, 2025

The imagined chill Sept. 21, 2012

  

I feel the chill that is not yet cold and imaginary sensation that crawls across my skin as I wander out into daylight that has already turned dim

after a summer too bright too hot, it  leaves me exhausted

 I blame no one but circumstance and the endless parade of mistaken notions I can't keep from feeling my head

 with we living lives of comfort and expectation

 of what should be rather than what is

 the wish we wish might come true if we click our heels, after the balloon has sailed off carrying away the wizard and with it our hope for salvation

 we holding our own faith inside us

 no brain, no courage, no heart

just what we have and what we can do with these after such a long hot summer with its golden sun

to feel chill  I imagin I feel seems a relief if I can hold my arms wide to embrace the coming of winter


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