For Alex
There’s a hole in my to do list
which lets me peer through
to the other side of importance
where a murmuring stream
of consciousness
breaks down
what is timebound
like water eroding rock
continuously…
the so-called future
mapped out
like geography
becoming flimsy
while the lay of the land
below my windows
shows a gathering of violets
risen from their rhizomes
covering ground better than gossip.
Charise M. Hoge
Charise M. Hoge is a writer, dance therapist, and performing artist. She is the author of Striking Light from Ashes and Muse in a Suitcase. Her poetry is also featured in Next Line, Please: Prompts to Inspire Poets and Writers (edited by David Lehman), as well as literary journals.
http://www.charisehoge.com