I surrendered a memory
of an altered
me.
Long ago,
an essence filled
my writing.
Now I have gone
adrift.
The echo of words
never born.
Invisible reflections,
white paper,
can they form again?
In blurred shapes
of her and
forgotten youth.
Carl Scharwath’s work has appeared internationally with over eighty publications selecting his poetry, short stories, essays or art photography. He won the National Poetry Contest award on behalf of Writers One Flight Up. His first poetry book “Journey To Become Forgotten” was published by Kind of a Hurricane Press.
EMPTY SURRENDER is a post from: Straylight Literary Magazine