Coiled tension
like a spring
tightly wound
at rest
never resting
what wasn't said, what was
action and inaction
what could, what if
can't forget
wide awake
laden with turbulent thoughts
adrift in a roiling storm
a grainy record, looping
If only I. If only I. If only I.
if only if only
if -
Sep 16, 2010
Sep 16, 2010 at 7:56 AM UTC
Coiled tension
like a spring
tightly wound
at rest
never resting
what wasn't said, what was
action and inaction
what could, what if
can't forget
wide awake
laden with turbulent thoughts
adrift in a roiling storm
a grainy record, looping
If only I. If only I. If only I.
if only if only
if -
(c) Jesse Bourque
Request permission to use this poem