Tagged: closer

from a bird’s eye view,

from a bird’s eye view,
everything looks like a harmless
conversation – get

closer, even closer – what
is the worthwhile conversation?
.
20230228:1749
y

we made it up to

we made it up to
the observatory at near
sundown and stared up

at the brightest thing in the
sky, feeling a little closer
.
20221010:1001
y

every other new

every other new
yorker has a staten island
ferry story that

begins with wanting to get
closer to lady liberty
.
20220712:2001
y

ever closer, but

across state lines, you

across state lines, you
and i are raising fig trees,
mine a bit of a

copycat, merely playing
house, waiting to get closer
.
20220307:1828
y

it’s true, there will be

it’s true, there will be
ample time to spend alone
in the afterlife –

accordingly, stay a little
closer in the here and now
.
20211227:2051
y

across the distance

across the distance
of countless shores, feelings get
clogged up, polluted

by proximate priorities –
we wait to be pulled closer
.
20210821:1422
y

by the water’s edge,

by the water’s edge,
bonds become stronger, it’s true –
looking out into

the depth of an endlessly
cold darkness brings us closer
.
20210530:1944
y

maybe upon closer

maybe upon closer
inspection,
there will be hints
that we are about
to spiral
yes, come even
closer, don’t say
we didn’t warn you
.
20200513:2210
y

if we could pinch the

if we could pinch the
two ends of
brunch and bring
them closer, even
closer
together, perhaps
we wouldn’t feel
so full, nor so
empty
.
20191227:1157
y

** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: brunch