Noticing A Moment

I've awoken

sweaty and

star lit

from foggy dreams

with head

on sorrow stained pillow

tears of morning

weeping down

window panes

and all the suffering

of the world

is right there

on my eyelids

so what do you do

brew another

cup of coffee

watch the sun

rise up and shine

on a bunch of

other sad fools

coming and going

this way and that

and nobody knows

the score

just a long commute

traffic of souls

holes in shoes

and newspapers

that don't exist anymore

running headlines

about our demise.

 ©Jake St. John

BIO:

Jake St. John lives in the woods on the edge of the Salmon River. He is the author of several collections of poetry including Lips Leave Scars (with Jenn Knickerbocker, Whiskey City Press, 2023) Ring of Fog (Holy and Intoxicated Publications, 2022), Night Full of Diamonds (Whiskey City Press, 2021), and Lost City Highway (A Jabber Publication, 2019). He is the editor of Elephant and is considered an original member of the New London School of poetry. His poems have appeared in print and online journals around the world.