“The Shadows of Our Minds”
Can I
touch your
hair? Place
my hand
on your
shoulder? Feel
the warmth
of your
body? Your
presence my
anchor, keeping
me steady.
But in the
darkness of the night
when I close my eyes
and feel you near
I know
you are
not here.
_______________
Claudia Wysocky
Review by Massimo Fantuzzi
Tale of an escape, where words and reality no longer seem willing to stay together. Who is fleeing, and who is giving chase? Hiding remains the instinctive response; to run is the reflex. But the strength of this poem lies in the revelation that truth is found not in daylight, streetlights, or neon, but in the double darkness of night and closed eyes. It becomes an act of trust in the inner voice – untaught, unconstrained, yet accurate and true.