![]() UntitledA Poem by Wilyem Clark
And if you went there, where would you go?
What other intersection, longitude-latitude, Would hold the promise that draws you thither? For all is lost once one has gained it, And purpose drains away once one has claimed it; The end of seeking is illusion, A mask we plaster on vague discomforts, Denying everything but this one Truth: Desire always wishes us elsewhere. © 2021 Wilyem Clark |
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1 Review Added on March 1, 2021 Last Updated on March 1, 2021 Author![]() Wilyem ClarkWashington, DCAboutI've been writing poems since my teens (now in my 60s) and prose since the 1990s. It's been hard finding decent forums online--the free websites too often suffer sudden deaths. My "published" works ar.. more..Writing
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