Viable Option
by Mindie Kniss
by Barry Harris
“The only viable option is….”
the voice trailed off as I passed by
like the doppler shift a car makes
on the highway as it zings into nothingness.
I wondered all the way back to my desk
what the real answer was,
what nugget of knowledge I might now know
if but my walk were a few steps slower
or my hearing keener.
It was probably just
a calendar appointment that would not fit
or a budget number that would not crunch,
but what if it were a secret of the universe
whispering in the hallway like silent wind?
What if the only viable option
was here, today, in this moment?
What if I had heard?
Barry Harris is editor of the Tipton Poetry Journal and has published one collection, Something At The Center, and one chapbook, The Soul At Work: Poems From The Office. His poetry has appeared in Saint Ann’s Review, Boston Literary Magazine, Night Train, The Centrifugal Eye and is forthcoming in Writers’ Bloc.
Barry,
Viable Option resonated deeply within me. Your style of writing is similar to mine. Hopefully you have seen my entry for November 30, 2009: What If!
My works turns toward the ecstatic poetry such as Rumi and Hafitz.
Again, enjoyed this piece very much.
Regards,
Paul Goldman