Eyelids shut tightly,
squeezing eyeballs hungry
for dominant cavern blackness,
gradually crawling forward,
the absence of light.
[anticipatory
absence]
Patience anticipates
emergence in the darkness,
static lights pulsating in breaks,
tiny challenges that sparkle,
omens of open eyes.
Dr. William S. Kilgore is a sociologist in Houston, Texas. He discovered poetry in 2024, while recovering from a kidney transplant. Encouraged to seek publication, William began this in 2026, with poems forthcoming in Westward Quarterly, foreshadow, Solid Food, StepAway, Verse-Virtual, Dewdrop, LogoSophia, VoegelinView, Raven Review, and Ariel Chart.
