Inkling

It may look like death

when someone breaks through the skin

of the world, of the dream —

they may seem to fall out of it

and others may mourn

It’s only when you look closely

at the hole they made,

when, for a moment,

you see the light streaming in,

you might get the inkling

there’s something beyond this shell,

you might start trying

to learn what it is.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 14, 2019