by David Feela
Shadows of the first days lengthen
like steel bars across the floor.
Parallel lines take the mind
down its railroad track,
a freight train that won’t stop
for more than 10,000 days.
It doesn’t matter
if you stand or sit.
Life. You stop counting.
David Feela writes a monthly column for The Four Corners Free Press and for The Durango Telegraph. A poetry chapbook, Thought Experiments, won the Southwest Poet Series. His first full length poetry book, The Home Atlas appeared in 2009. His new book
of essays, How Delicate These Arches , released through Raven's Eye Press, has been chosen as a finalist for the Colorado Book Award.