The World According to Poetry #25
Lifeline
By Stephanie Wood Miller © 2019
Slender line of light
Bounces across the screen
A beat. A beat. A beat. A beat. A beat
Vigilant machine watches, waiting
As the tenuous line finds its way
A beat. A beat. A beat. A beat.
We watch, waiting
Witnesses in the darkening space
A beat. A beat. A beat.
Rhythmic click, pump switches on
Silence, then
A beat. A beat.
A pause
We pause
A beat.
A single straight line cuts through darkness
A line of light monitors whatever is next