Coping, Not Coping

 

Coping, Not Coping

 

I am coping, not coping
Clenching my teeth
I forget to breathe
Scrambling for something that doesn’t move
I cling to it
White knuckles and tired arms
Hoping I won’t let go

The hours I wish would hurry
The years I wish would slow

I am the sand and I am the hourglass
Made by furnace and breath
Through turning and death and turning again

The hardest part is the unknowing
Actually, no
The hardest part is the letting go

David Gate

 

 

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