Only a moment
to make a choice
to stay or to go
Go--
to go,
to fly into the unknown
Stay--
to stay,
to sink back into being unknown
It is almost finished,
this burial--
years of dirt and doubt
heaped over dreams, suffocating hope,
sealed off, sealed down, sealed away
But there is still a crack,
the gap not quite closed
Stay--
stay in the dark,
exhale the dust
to become dust,
forget, cease, never be known,
never to have known
Go--
go to the light,
gasp the cold air
to pierce or be pierced,
be uncovered, be alone,
find all that can be known
One eye closed
one eye open
To shut the other
or to open both
In only a moment
Author Bio:
Sara Whitestone is a writer, photographer, and teacher. In exchange for instruction in English, her international students introduce her to the mysteries of the world. Whitestone’s work has appeared in The Portland Review, The Piedmont Virginian, Literary Traveler, Summerset Review, North Carolina Literary Review, BootsnAll, Prime Number Magazine, Wilderness House Literary Review, and many others. Whitestone discovers writing through travel. Her current books-in-progress are a literary thriller set in Europe that is inspired by true events and a creative nonfiction work called Saudi Women: Keepers of Faith, Catalysts for Change.
to make a choice
to stay or to go
Go--
to go,
to fly into the unknown
Stay--
to stay,
to sink back into being unknown
It is almost finished,
this burial--
years of dirt and doubt
heaped over dreams, suffocating hope,
sealed off, sealed down, sealed away
But there is still a crack,
the gap not quite closed
Stay--
stay in the dark,
exhale the dust
to become dust,
forget, cease, never be known,
never to have known
Go--
go to the light,
gasp the cold air
to pierce or be pierced,
be uncovered, be alone,
find all that can be known
One eye closed
one eye open
To shut the other
or to open both
In only a moment
Author Bio:
Sara Whitestone is a writer, photographer, and teacher. In exchange for instruction in English, her international students introduce her to the mysteries of the world. Whitestone’s work has appeared in The Portland Review, The Piedmont Virginian, Literary Traveler, Summerset Review, North Carolina Literary Review, BootsnAll, Prime Number Magazine, Wilderness House Literary Review, and many others. Whitestone discovers writing through travel. Her current books-in-progress are a literary thriller set in Europe that is inspired by true events and a creative nonfiction work called Saudi Women: Keepers of Faith, Catalysts for Change.
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