Poetry list
lookout
most of us
are not
watching
we bury
our sight
our views
and hopes
in the certainties
of the inward
gaze based
on self
we know the
road will run
out but we
persist because
looking out
is risky and
full of doubts
questions ricochet
through our
defences opening
us up to others
and the
other
something new
is born and
all our control
is overwhelmed
by the power
which takes
our absolute
away and
makes us
relatively important
yet extremely
precious if we
dare to let go
our selfish gravity
no longer holds
and limits and
imprisons us
look out
© Neil Thompson 2023