Swirling
By: James Dubeau
Swirling
Twirling
Spinning
Around the drain
That is a dark lament
Reaching out
Grasping
For a handhold
To pull free
Wanting something
Anything
To click
Turning brass gears
Latch into place
And embrace
While taken for a ride
Across the cosmos
Through time and space
Into the great darkness beyond
Where lights of stars
And whole galaxies
Would only dream
To dare to tread
Background radiation
Drowns it all out
To nothing but
A pleasant
White
Noise
Choking out
A throaty scream
