MY ATTEMPT AT WRITING POETRY: OVERHEAD

 Published by New Worlds Unlimited in Journeys of the Poet / Muse in 1983.

OVERHEAD

 Overhead, one by one the light bulbs expire,

Their guts bursting,

And in death their ghosts yield a softer view of life,

Harsh shadows melt away,

Reality fades into the background

And the room’s boundaries sink into infinity,

Another bursts in incandescent death,

Familiar objects take on new shapes

As possessions melt from sight,

A book left open,

The words blur into feelings,

Something calls from the darkness

Waiting to be released as the last flame fades.