A Heavy Shadow

Kurt Philip Behm

The weight

of what I

haven’t done

far outweighs

my past

 

Those things

left vacant

on the shelf

of what I left

for last

 

Excuses

linger

as empty

choices

following behind

 

Reminding me

of what

I’m not

in content

— and in kind

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2025)

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  • sorenbarrett

    Wow! We are judged in life for what we do. We may also be judged by ourselves for what we do not do. A lovely write again worded so concisely and well by you.

  • Tristan Robert Lange

    I get this. A heavy shadow indeed! Wonderfully expressed, Kurt!

  • whats write for me

    The Measure of a man, what he does, but also what he did not.



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