The Stalker

The Stalker

Paradise is just around the corner
stalking me like an FBI agent,
taunting me like a demonic clown,
strangling my thoughts,
merely along for the roller coaster ride.

Stretched to the treetops,
never sanctioning the light,
nor shining a sanguine adage,
smothering any bliss within,
slicing my rapture into petite pieces.


Dennis Wayne Bressack
Woodstock, New York
December 30, 2017