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 – Hillsborough, North Carolina – Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop 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 a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
    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.

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