Passage Poem by Laurence Overmire

Step into the mirror
And break through the glass
Leave the teacup and the saucer
And your suitcase
And your clothes
And pass into the darkness
In the hollow of the wall
Down
Down
Down

To the center of the whole
Let go...

The dust ripples past in a spiral to the stars
Let go...

A shuddering gust of stale days
Shoots sharply through your marrow
Passing into nothingness
Beyond the opening of the door
Let go
Fall
Drift
Float

There is no comprehension
No order
No logic
No time

Surrender….

The stars breathe
Listen
Hear
See
Feel
Be

Become...

~ Laurence Overmire

(Previously published in Poetry Soul to Soul, Summer 2000)