Sunday 7 September 2014

Poem - The Edge


The Edge


I went beyond my boundary

into territory edging mine.

I crept through to leave no trace

to feel present, be primed.

 

Midnight called my 49th year.

The trigger clicked back, I

Waited for your arrival here.

Crouched, breathing, in the black.

 
I need to lift a fever now

Having lived with it too long.

Comfort, hands in my pants, my

thumb in my mouth, pen gone.

 
A creature nears pearl eyes

serene on the woodland mist

Edging into the night a white paw.

With stoic dread I feed it wishes.

 
I am ready for first grey light

 
 
James A Bullion, June 2014

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