Coming Through
You get used to being here.
Small stains mark where you bruised the house
with gate-crashing day-dreams
you can see them transpiring through wood and brick
through the dry walls and the worn carpets.
It’s a kind of habituation
It’s a kind of a life
and you walk in it, over it
and through it
with closed and open eyes.
What you see or don’t see
it’s still all there
coming through from the past.
The future also comes through,
tomorrow has already painted your next steps,
your hand prints, they are
all in place waiting to be nailed down.
You can see millions of cells being cast down
upon the floor, the brush leaning against the wall
that you will use to keep one day ahead
so you can look back and judge for yourself
if you also have come through.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2020
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