Monday, March 14, 2016

On the Edge

photo by Bonnie Brown

On the edge of something not quite revealed

Like watching the sea just after daybreak,

Loose-weave stuff born of memory and sensation

Blown back on itself by winds off the mainland,

Seclusion and endurance the proper response

To the conditions of existence.








—with a line from Stepping Stones by Dennis O'Driscoll