Out of the Corner
Out of the corner of my eye,
a demi-moon, a butterfly;
and yet, an empty sky.
A bumblebee, a little lie,
a passing cloud, a dream gone by;
an empty sky.
Into silence, every sigh;
no more you, no more I.
Now, an empty sky.
Fran Shaw, Ph.D. is a university professor and an award-winning author whose books include Notes on The Next Attention, Writing My Yoga: Poems for Presence, 50 Ways to Help You Write, and Lord Have Murphy: Waking Up in the Spiritual Marketplace. For more information and excerpts, go to www.franshawbooks.com.
