Arc

And wake.

In the old world 

we left ourselves

dreaming days to come, 

but upon arrival wanted

to crawl back in. Now the

eyes open with reluctance

to the same sea, but the

angle is wrong, and instead

of the land at our feet there

is only the sky we once

rushed ourselves into,

and the wake. 

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

7 thoughts on “Arc”

  1. Bartholomew Barker – Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
    Bartholomew Barker says:

    Love this one, like I’m underwater and don’t feel the gravity.

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