Three Poems|Lynn White
Far Horizons, Distant Dreams
Once the light shone so brightly
that time and distance stretched for ever,
the horizon at infinity strung with the pearls
of distant dreams.
And in between
a hinterland
of possibilities
just waiting to be grasped.
But then, as the light dimmed,
time and distance collapsed inwards
dragging the horizon closer
a hinterland
of rubble
in between,
the spent remains
of possibilities
uncompleted
or untried.
Only the dreams stretched further
beyond the horizon now
in the fading light.
Soon I’ll reach them
and perhaps discover myself
as part of someone else’s dream.
……….
In The Wilderness
I may be in the wilderness
but I’ve not lost my way.
It’s far too easy
to keep to
the road
the dirt road
the straight and narrow
the predictable
way through
this predictable landscape
each second
each minute
each hour
the same as the next.
And I know that
each day
will be the same
until I stray
until I find a way
to escape this desert
of dust baked sand and clay
sand and clay
and clay and sand
sun dried desiccated
and deserted
dressed in it’s orange brown uniform.
If only I could see another way
if only a door would appear
to take me off piste,
a door that I could open
and pass through
into the unknown
where I could
lose myself
wet myself
in a muddy pool
and find the dark or the light.
………..
The Shattered Glass
The glass has been shattered.
Safely shattered,
with no sharp shards.
With no damage to anyone,
seemingly.
But someone is missing.
Only her absence is revealed
in the shattered glass.
Perhaps she is broken,
shattered
like the glass,
but not safely.
If only the shattered glass
could reveal her
presence.
If only
the cracks would heal.
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Bio: Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and a Rhysling Award. Her poetry has appeared in many publications including: Apogee, Firewords, Capsule Stories, Gyroscope Review and So It Goes. Find Lynn at: https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com and https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/
