TAPPING

Photograph by J. Trent

TAPPING
by John Trent

Beads of silver
On veined greens
Reminiscent
Of a tempest past
Dripping gloom
Tap,
Tick,
Tapping
Complex rhythms
Of an introspective mind
Percussions sound,
Fading,
Distant, my psyche
Tapping,
Ticking
A grayness permeates
Rhythmic,
Wondering,
Tap,
Tick,
Tapping
On the tin roof