POEM: "Back To Back"

Back To Back
                          
                        for David Oliver

The terms of being together

narratives of circumference
brings greatest heartache
how (before very long)
the centre is a lost cause
two lovers at opposite ends
of an ever growing circle
stopped like a coin put on edge
a plate washed and shelved
or an egg unset spinning
a yarn without an ending
then stilled, finally the heart.


© 2016 Rob Schackne