by Wyn Caudle

Ethereal light swims behind you

I see the shadows cast by regrets

Looming and swarming without nets

Reaching and crawling to latch onto anything

Everything

The nearest thing.

A limb?

A hat brim?

A fresh trim?

I move

It moves

I turn to the moon

I hear a flash

It’s captured 

A silhouette against the sky’s backdrop

A frozen frame for my eyes and desktop

I eavesdrop

And hear them say stop…