Poetry list
breathtaking
beauty and wonder
are all around
and within
a force that
winds us and
takes our breath
away
the rhythm of the
ordinary is
interrupted
stops us in
our tracks
overwhelms
and pauses
our activity
a pause that can
turn into forever
when loss
takes breath away
and life as we
know it
ceases
these caesurae
are not a pause for
breath
but a vacuum
when we are
taken
possessed
and even
abandoned
love is
ecstasy and
agony
apogee and
fundament
without it
we are clay
and nothing else
let the breath
take us
even if it costs
everything
© Neil Thompson 2022