1.
We are surprised when the darkness lands.
It is never our time; hope fractured.
Because we always hope.
New companions: The broken heart, the fear, the endless closing shade
That makes it hard to breathe;
The creeping loneliness, some inevitable dimension
Where there is nothing, but the cold judging universe.
Not even light; a world sealed,
with us at the core.
Weighted, anchored, pressed to inaction.
The pain of a growing cry
With no one to hear it.
Centered, silent, singular, shrouded.
Sound fades to a hiss, touch to stone.
Cloaked, thick with endless time.
Sunk. Bottomed. Walled. Hollowed.
Hopeless.
2.
It only takes a whisper.
Somewhere in a billion miles of dark, cold space,
a little machine sends a ping, a fraction of light;
a hand still, reaches,
an eye frozen, blinks;
lungs grow with air.
A voice.
A song.
We with ethereal hope, rise;
We always rise
And to the greedy universe,
Not yet, we say.
Not yet.
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About michaelstephendaigle
I am the author of the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. "The Swamps of Jersey (2014); "A Game Called Dead" (2016) -- a Runner-Up in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Indie Author Contest; "The Weight of Living" (2017) -- “The Weight of Living” was awarded First Place for mysteries in the 2017 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest;
Named A Notable 100 Book, Shelf Unbound 2018 Indie Book Awards;
Named a Distinguished Favorite, 2018 Independent Press Awards.
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2018 Big NYC Book Contest.
Named a Finalist in the 2019 Book Excellence Awards.
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Named a Book Award Winner in 2021 by Maincraft Media Fiction Book Awards;
The Red Hand (2019) a Distinguished Favorite in the 2019 Big NYC Book Contest
Named Second Place winner for mysteries in the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards
Named a Notable 100 Book in the 2019 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2020 Independent Press Awards
A Nominee in the 2020 TopShelf Book Awards
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Dragony Rising (2022) First Place for Mysteries in the 2022 Royal Dragonyfly Book Awards; named a Notable 100 Indie Book in the 2022 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards; A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Independent Press Awards. A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Big NYC Book Awards.
