Hangman’s card

Is it the wind or rain that brings relief?
My brow sweat rivulets running down
The hangman’s card lays here to see
I wonder what it means for me

Question

It starts with a question. The implication is always that the end will be an answer or provide one.

Difficult it is when life or art does not provide resolution. When it starts with a question and ends with another.

6 (they‵re gone)

My hand reaches out, touches nothing
The emptiness fills my mind
My fingers desire more than this
My heart no longer mine

15

We could go as fast as they do
But we do not wish to do so.
Rather sit and watch them go by
Watch the wind race through the trees.
We could go that fast…

3 The Wheel

A first meeting, perhaps a date, uncertain, driver taking passenger to passenger’s home.

Stopped before the house, parked but engine running. Passenger turns toward the driver…

“are you attracted to me or are we just mutually interesting?”

Driver’s hands do not leave the wheel.

To be surprised

To be surprised by life is a good thing, but this was a bit more than he expected.

To be surprised

Note: this is an example of what I mean by starting this; Samuel Clemens wrote a whole book of aphorisms on scraps of paper. This is one of mine.

To be surprised by life is a good thing, but this was a bit more than he expected.