New Poetry by John Tustin

The Water's Edge

I see me at the edge of the water:

I am on my haunches,

Taking water into my cupped hands

And watching it flow through them.

I keep doing it, mildly interested.

I am learning nothing,

My hands keep busy,

My mind is filled with trivialities

As I fail to mark the time

And the water fills, falls away,

Fills, falls away.

I see me at the water’s edge.

- © John Tustin 2021

John Tustin’s poetry has appeared in many disparate literary journals since 2009. fritzware.com/johntustinpoetry contains links to his published poetry online.