I Smile

Floating outside a roar in my ears the vast cold seeps into the folds of my being Not now, not yet, I struggle with the rope and the gadget There -- attachment despite myself I smile... drenching perspiration halts at the precipice The spacecraft barren, howls My smile shivers

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Arturo Michael

Date: 1/16/2020 11:14:00 AM

I could feel the cold in your words...all the best for 2020...even so with shivering smiles...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/16/2020 1:09:00 PM

Thanks for letting me know how this poem affected you, Arturo. Here's to warmer days ahead! :) gw

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/14/2020 3:26:00 PM

The last frontier is exciting yet frightening as well. I enjoyed this poem Gershon. xxoo

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/14/2020 8:36:00 PM

Thanks for the positive feedback on this admittedly grim look at unexpectedly tough frontier. Appreciated, Connie. :) Gershon

Chris Green

Date: 1/14/2020 2:41:00 PM

Very creative my friend. There will always be Space for your poetry in my universe

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/14/2020 2:43:00 PM

Thank you. It's an honor for me that you read my poetry. You surely subscribe to the 'Big Tent Universe Theory' to include my attempts at verse. Thank you, again, my friend. Cheers, Gershon

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 1/14/2020 1:32:00 PM

Gosh, it must be amazing to experience the weightlessness of space, Gershon. There has to be at least some anxiety when we are alone in space, wondering if we'll make it back to Earth. I love the way you describe the scene your astronaut encounters. Hugs for you, Carolyn

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/14/2020 2:35:00 PM

Thank you so much, Carolyn for your praise for this write, but I probably should confess that I was 'lost in space' --- mentally. Too old to outjump gravity these days. Smiles, Gershon