This poem is my story of the last several months.
I AM COPING
by Alan Silken
I am coping
I have turned down the light
to look inward
look downward
past the quivers and arrows
all the way to the toes
upon which everything rests
deliberate with intent
standing in full view.
I look inward
to the deepest recess
searching my circulation
everything flowing round again
that was there before
but now takes on
its truest purpose
distant in touch
but ever nearer in thought.
