Wrong Time

Righteous words.

Perhaps it seemed like the right time
to make a kind of point. Result being,
a door almost opened suddenly shuts.
Cold again.

Hard landing on empty threshold,
no more than a common symptom
of misplaced hope. Don’t mention it.

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

5 thoughts on “Wrong Time”

  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:

    Hope is always misplaced.

    1. Emily Pratt Slatin 🏳️‍🌈 – Middletown Springs, Vermont, USA – Retired Career Fire and EMS Lieutenant-Specialist, Writer, and Master Photographer, living in Vermont.
      Thomas Slatin says:

      Trust is often misplaced.

Leave a Reply

Discover more from Breadcrumbs

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading

Exit mobile version
%%footer%%