NewPoetry

Rik Emmett

in the seam of a concrete sidewalk
there’s a windblown seed
waiting on a drop of rain
a tiny ray of sunlight

in the thin purple lines between courageous and foolhardy
between the polarities of rational self-examination and irrational vanity
in the light years between humility / mediation / compromise
and the arrogance and conceit that turns into violence
in the nanosecond between a sober second thought’s moderation
and a knee-jerk of abuse
in the ironic, humorous coin flip between clever & stupid
in the journeys between confidence & arrogance, truth & deceit
in the shift of perception between music & noise
in the expanding cracks between virtue & self-righteousness
in the distance between free-swinging & unhinged
in the microscopic distance from a healthy cell                 to cancer
in the infinite consequences of the cleaving split of an atom              a big bang
in the space between worlds, planets, solar systems
between your ego & my empathy              your reasons & my emotion
my logic & your entitlement to your feelings
between understanding & misconception

in the relativity between millennia & the blink of an eye
between what is stillborn & what remains beyond imagination
between the praiseworthy & the rueful

mind the gap

there live the ghosts of chances
the dreams of a future
what might come to be
and what remains beyond imagination

mind the gap

there live the possibilities of the imagination
a whisper that promises a symphony
the infinite potential
of the creative, biological
evolutionary imperatives

in the seam of a concrete sidewalk
there’s a windblown seed
waiting on a drop of rain
a tiny ray of sunlight