Reflection

an emptiness and coolness just in the midst of the chest, unease my corgi terrier, black and white watches me and stares with her dark black eyes she paces back and forth to my bedroom and to the sofa, back and forth looking at me trying to herd me to my bedroom down the hall nothing new from this disease that I feel of just a stiffened neck, vertebrates that ache sharp electrical wires stinging - nothing new but the emptiness and icy aching heart with the feeling of dread and fatigue no time to create something wondrous a legacy — no famous name to be left behind no children, no good works my quiet husband my quiet emptiness I am weary of this futile fight my dreams gone into the clouds