Emptiness Costs a Bit Extra

August 29, 2020

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is psychology.

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A psychological number poem about the need for inner space:

Emptiness costs a bit extra:
In distant horizons there is peace.
Given two windows on a whitewashed world,
How could one not long for the sea?
The soul wings it out to the horizon,
Yet stays contented in a well-ordered room.

Sing to the gauze-covered shallows,
Inlets and coves and the open sea!
Xylophones tingle on porches unseen.

© by Nicholas Gordon

To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/empti.html. For more psychological poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/psychologicalpoems.html.

This week’s theme: Psychology
August 24: To Know Another, One Must Be Insane
August 25: Tonight, There Are No Stars
August 26: Depression Comes with the Territory
August 27: Why Am I the Mirror of Your Heart
August 28: Fearing for My Sanity
August 29: Emptiness Costs a Bit Extra