Wonder

                                            I
                                        lay back,
                                     look up,
                                  gnaw nails
                                and wonder if
                             one time
                          I’ll be good enough
                     to gather all my thoughts
                   and release them
                onto an understanding page
             so that every idea I’ve ever had
          will stand together: complete, finished,
       ready - like him lying on the Snow -
    to tell my story to the world I’m happy to leave
without wasting one word.

by Rob Self-Pierson



Inspiration? A second-hand copy of Ernest Hemingway’s Snows of Kilimanjaro and other stories.