Nick Bagnall Poet Free verse

Autumn Begins

It sits in the corner
Out of reach, Unmoving
Yet still provokes a knot in my stomach

It's over there, I'm over here
It's tiny, and I am huge
Yet still the prickle of goosebumps on my arms

I fetch a cup and a piece of card
But when I bravely return, it's gone
Playing hide and seek with my anxieties

A moments peace before my brain insists 'Where'
Followed by an evening of twitching at shadows
Deep down I know it will be back

Dreading the inevitable

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Kelly Hitchcock November 9, 2021 at 3:23 AM The shadows Is what Carl Jung referred to as the dark place we don't want to go. But it is only until we go there that we develop any relief. Its not the shadows that's bothering us, its our thoughts about the shadows that's bothering us. Good stuff, Kelly