Word Picture

by Kevin R. Carr

A man walks

 and stops

A man sees

 old shoes

 on pavement

A man strides

 early evening

 toward distant

 shadow trees

A man steps

 on grass

 gazing from

 deep places

 in thought

A man enters

 leafy shade

 staring inward

 and wonders

 what missing

 things are

A night stretches

 ever deep

 draws emotion

 from wells

 dead calm

 oil smooth

 iron cold

A man touches

 gnarled wood

 sagging branches

 humid soft

 waving heavy

 sodden weight

A man wades

 grasping weeds

 tangled feet

 slow advance

 intense quiet

A man sits

 watching weary

 halting movement

 feeling still

A man looks

 out under

 gray gloom

A man rises

 and walks

 KRC(1996)