Whoops, previous posting was rejected it seems when I tried sending it while away from home. Anyway, I've slightly revamped it.
Bill
Depression Crossing 2
no zebra this crossing
no regular steps
far more blacks
than whites
meek muskrat crossing
with irascible lioness
this cross to bear
daring to disagree
on the eggshelled procedural path
never quite knowing
when conversational foot
will crunch
dread risks involved
in even crossing a room
cutlery clanking on plates
echoing internal brittleness
venturing verbal gambits
the asking of any question
requiring a response -
and isn't that all of them -
hair trigger fraught
seeking to align a mood
to reach a sharing
putting natural mood on hold
crossness to be steered around
then
the lifting
or rather the letting down
of the communication drawbridge
when did this happen
become possible
has it been available and undetected
must have been my fault
I the cause
of this this exasperation
this deep and until just now
unshiftable sense of desperation
this mood mire
listen now words pass
unloadedly
for a while
where's the we I thought we had
either side of the bridge we are
are we crossing together at all
or only meeting in the middle
from time to time
and withdrawing
to our sides
bw
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