Friday 55 December 1 2017

Welcome to the Friday pilgrimage, dear readers and friends. Here we collect ourselves and our words amid the chaos of this world we inhabit, to remember a man who shared his enthusiasm for life and his humor and support for others by originating this meme, Galen Hayes. As always, there are no rules or obligations except that your contribution must consist of 55 words--no more, no less--of prose or poetry, and be linked in the comments below between Friday morning and Sunday afternoon. Let us see what you can do with 55 words.

Due to a brain error on my part, the 55 is late to post! Apologies to all and here is my effort..

More Thanks To The God Of Spaces

For gentian space between charcoal

and coral that keeps sunrise

from snapping the heart;

for void between cars

sluiced into exempt

from today's deathrace-lottery;

for this finishing space

where body rots

but spirit flies up,

veils of flesh rippling

with no touch left

save mother-child's, intemerate:

 

this shoreless space between breaths

before darkness expands.

~November 30, 2017

The Friday 55 is closed til next week. Thanks to all who played.

Note: definition: intemerate

Image: Sunrise Sunset, ©joyannjones 2014, manipulated.