Dilettalia

You dip your toe into poetry’s waters,
but never seem to get wet

Pretense showing, your measure unknowing,
the surface as good as it gets

Into the depths where fear leaves a shadow,
you stare with eyes conjoined 

The moment upon you, time has been stopped,
to dive—your soul purloined

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2020)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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