Any World But This One - Rebecca del Rio
Lawrence Robinson
Lrobpoet at sonic.net
Tue Jun 3 06:03:02 PDT 2025
Any World But This One
On the metro, the Boss blasts
In my headphones, my eyes
wander my companions, wonder at
their stories.
In this particular hell,
this hot, sticky, airless hell
we grasp any distraction, extraction
>From discomfort.
I seek, “any world but this one.”
But then, what kernel or seed
Of heaven, of beauty do I miss?
When the woman. beside me,
typing a text. lifts her head
I see she’s bearing a private grief.
A beautiful stoic, stirs my sorrow
and compassion. Here now that illusive
heaven I seek, that world within
all worlds—if I look for it,
if I wait.
- Rebecca del Rio
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