My attempt at creating something based on the February 13th prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano. The idea was to write a poem contrasting two extremes after choosing a pair of words that are polar opposites. The poem will explain the rest…

I am certain I have no idea what’s going on
as I actively wait here for nothing to happen
I was bound to initiate this pause of my own free will
to capture this escape from my sporadic routine

I have a photographic memory for the minor details of the big picture
and a precise lack of focus on the positive aspects of the negative
while the metaphor upon which I am hanging this poem
isn’t holding up…

(13 February 2015)