The Present Looms

Kurt Philip Behm

Time is speeding out of control

 as life is slowing down

 

The minutes of my memory

 lost hours going round

 

My eyelids close, the past on fire

 last vestige still to find

 

One image flashes bright and clear

 all darkness cast behind

 

The calendar in ruins

 this moment left in charge

 

The future marching backwards

 —the present looming large

 

(Burlington, North Carolina: April, 2018)

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 19th, 2018 11:54
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  • Laura🌻

    Kurt,

    A super write that made me think about many things from my past, my present, and what is to be for me! There is “One imagine” that “flashes bright and clear” that I look forward to!

    ~Laura~

  • Kurt Philip Behm

    What I was hoping for!

    Thanks Laura

    Lirt

  • Nicholas Browning

    Your finishing stanzas never fail to impress. Your writing style is concrete and it's a refreshing thing to see every time I read your work. I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I'm also from North Carolina. Small world.

    • Kurt Philip Behm

      Thanks Nicholas, very kind. I actually live in Pennsylvania, but
      was is NC for the Furniture Market in Highpoint.

      Kurt



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