Blue Sky Seeks No Definition
Here, at the edge,
fear scrapes my throat
and paranoia pummels my belly
as this vast new space
emerges before our astonished eyes
like a world waiting to be traveled
or a poem begging to be written.
Here, at the edge,
I must decide
like an urbane raven,
to soar on whatever thermals
we might encounter,
or turn back to murky safety,
my solitary fortress
grey with the absence […]