Holding On

Posted by Michael Pedretti on 9/22/2025 11:39:00 AM

 

I’m holding on really tight,

An avalanche gives no warning

Nor does a sinkhole.

The deer and the hunter

Have opposing objectives,

 

You’d think they would compromise.

I wake some nights holding my pillow so tight

It looks at me asking what’s wrong.

When I was young I was sure of tomorrow—

The moon secured the night; the sun lit the day.

 

Now I dread the demons of the night,

The brutes of the day.

Tomorrow promises a moonless night,

The sun imprisoned behind nimbus clouds,

I can no longer hide behind my thoughts —

 

Wish I could make rain clouds to get behind,

Cumulus to hang above my door

To let you know it’s fine to come in.

Nimbus would reign

Making the cotton balls in the sky

 

More stunning in their rarity.

I’ve been calling out to you

Words don’t come

You are not here

The train never stops.

 

Or is it even moving?

To breathe is enough,

I remind myself,

Hold on tight

Never know when a sinkhole

 

Will break away from the mountainside.

Sleep overtake nightmares

The moon won’t care

Sun burns a hole so small

I cannot imagine it.

 

God will return on a broomstick

Poetry come again

Clowns stop killing

Moon meet the sun in the sky;

I am holding on really tight,

 

Please hold back.


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