Into the Circle
by David Dephy
Still living without a sense
of what’s buried deep
within the night.
Perhaps, behind every droplet
is a microcosm of purest energy
and behind that force, a window
of hope, and behind each window
a smile, and behind the ringing
of laughter, a tender kiss—
for is not beyond each kiss
a breath which is the throbbing
heart of life?—and there, right
there beneath the rib cage,
a wish, and deeper still,
that lingering desire
for a moment realized,
and beyond, further beyond,
the great flame
which is eternity rekindled
endlessly, until we begin
to believe we may be.
Image: Stuart Buck is a visual artist and award-winning poet living in North Wales. His art has been featured in several journals, as well as gracing the covers of several books. His third poetry collection, Portrait of a Man on Fire, is forthcoming from Rhythm & Bones Press in November 2020. He is the art editor for Konstellation Magazine and available for commissions all year round. He can be contacted via Twitter or E-Mail
David Dephy is a tri-lingual Georgian/American poet, novelist, essayist, performer, multimedia artist, and painter. The winner of the 2019 Spillwords Press Poetry Award for Publication of the Month and the finalist of the Adelaide Literary Poetry Award 2019 in New York for the Best Poem category. An active participant in the American and international poetry and artistic scenes, such as PEN World Voices, 92Y Poetry Center, Voices of Poetry, Long Island Poetry Listings, New York Public Library, Starr Bar Poetry Series, The Inspired Word in New York, Poets in Nassau, Great Weather for Media, Brownstone Poets, Columbia University – School of the Arts in the City of New York, Bowery Poetry Club which named him a Literature Luminary, as well as the Statorec Magazine, named him the Incomparable Poet. His poetry has been published and anthologized in the USA and all over the world by the many literary magazines. He lives and works in New York City.
