poem: Re-entry Commute

circle of friends shrunk to a

cavernous zero

digital chatter

silenced

washed up on the shore

of independence

ejected from the sea

of circumstance

ripple of dark over green

velvet shimmering

ruffle of time caught

in a vision of fields

skimming the tracks between cities

of purpose

glorified limbo

melts

sweeping down stairways

surfing through tunnels

the magnificence

of this animal

humanity

First published in ‘Voice of Eve’: https://issuu.com/richardholleman/docs/voiceofeve_issue16