JOHNMICHAEL SIMON POETRY

i was scanning

nature’s encyclopedias

national geographic

pristine corners

unsullied worlds

travel brochures

sunrise safaris

mountain peaks

flights of birds

 

for a revelation

 

that sensation of

overwhelming wonder

 

that could

describe

something equivalent

to the feelings

of a three

year old

upon finding

a spider

spinning

its web

beside a

sun spangled

curtain

 

but in

the end

i just

gave up