The Chords of Life's Journey

by

Ernest Williamson III

 

the moon dove past the doldrums in New Guinea

all was a blur

grays meddling with capers

orange and brown

yellowed corners in the ionosphere

I saw the orbits of Pluto

after the beer from Milwaukee subdued my pain

though as I lay in the Alabama sun

courting my interests in red ants

my eyes dilate

and as the fringed beacons in their tirades

scream silently

against and for flesh

I empathize with food

yet worms seem not to be weary

of my destined transformation

a man with health

to flesh with nothing poetic to say

but I do say

with the winds in my nostrils

all is of interest

even the ignorance of being

less than

what people

imagine themselves to be

 

 

Ernest Williamson III discovered his loves for painting and playing the piano at the age of 19. He has earned a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Memphis as well as the M.A. in English from the University of Memphis. Currently Ernest is a doctoral student in the field of Higher Education at Seton Hall University. Ernest is a versatile artist who has had poetry published in over 45 poetry magazines both in online and print journals. See more of his work.

 

 

 

 

 

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