the elevator

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have you ever grappled with despair not in imagery, symbolism or portrayal. I mean, have you ever felt the elevator drop the watery weakness that extenuates breath a depth of fatigue that makes lying on the floor a burden an aching pounding in your chest, the broken-glass dryness in your throat the gritty ache in your eyes that makes you want to close them forever? Struggle no more, leaden limbs, free the weary weight. Eyes that struggle, release the light. The body begs to no more fight. In a blur of sluggish thought, I whisper sleep's sweet name. The will has dropped. The yearning stopped. I’ll rest on that distant shore. . . Songs for this: Nessun Dorma by Sarah Brightman Caruso (Live at "Pavarotti International" Charity Gala Concert, Modena 1992) by Luciano Pavarotti, Aldo Sisilli Pie Jesu by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles-Kingston

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Tom Woody

Date: 7/22/2024 6:37:00 AM

Now this is poetry! And your choice of songs shows you have an eclectic taste that transcends the Swifties phenom. I wish you would write more like this, though hoping it's just fiction. Or maybe just a fleeting feeling

Tom Woody
Date: 7/22/2024 8:03:00 AM

Ooh, a sense of humor as well. Sharp, witty. I think I like it

Anais Vionet
Date: 7/22/2024 7:20:00 AM

Thanks Tom. I love Opera. Have you ever had these feelings (see above) and then, two days later you get your period, and you think, "Oh, ok, THAT explains a lot!"