she waits in the wings

[ from Skinny Dipping in Daylight ]

Finding Peace x Cory Basil | oil on canvas

quietly i sit
maybe with a cup of coffee
maybe not

she waits for me
to clear the noise in my head
she waits as i try
to make sense
of the feelings that
crowd the inside of
my cranium
she waits as
i scratch meaningless
dribble into perfectly
pure paper
wasting it just to get to her.

and when
the thinking dust settles
the neurons slow
and anxiety is
temporarily displaced
she arrives
and together 
we dance with 
pen and paper. 

cory basil

[first published in Skinny Dipping in Daylight]