a ripple, a wonder…

Passage

I think to pass the wetlands,

my humdrum steps

in line to cross the fen,

a thoughtless stroll

to reach the other side,

but a ripple in the sward turns my foot,

a wrinkled phosphor turns my eye,

I stand, agape, at a wild portal,

its door ajar.

I am steeped in wonder.

I bethink a new imagination

of the end of day,

I hurry through,

and, oh!…

December 19, 2020

Inspired by “Wilderness Doorway” by Jennifer Lagier, in the Aurorean, Vol. XXV 2020

My poem “Passage” was published in my seventh collection of 53 poems, many waters: more poems.

You can buy it on Amazon (paperback and Kindle),

or get it free in Kindle Unlimited, search for “Richard Carl Subber”

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