Kurt Philip Behm

The Dark Abyss

He found what he was looking for,

his shadow turned inside out

 

He moved beyond prescriptive cure,

all questioning and doubt

 

He left the future-past behind,

silhouette of all he’d missed

 

Impregnating the moment within himself

—to light the dark abyss

 

(Winston Salem, North Carolina: October, 2017)