Every morning
When I wake
A measurement
Of sorts I take
I weigh
The daytime
And the dark
The heaviness
Or light of heart
The strength
Or listing
Of my will
And how much
Ballast
It will take
To keep me straight
Sara Mathews January 2016
The cadence of the language is what I imagine the tilted listing on the large ship's bow would be like. The tension then relaxation in themes, such as heaviness or light, and dark....keeps the prose alive and me waiting for the rest of the story.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Louise! I appreciate your comments and your poetry!
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