Whispers and Echoes

Viewed through a keyhole, a speedboat
provides the escape we’ve been looking for,
churning along the waves,
engine chewing water,
consuming miles in the offing, leaving only this
view through a keyhole, a speedboat
pulling us
– eyes growing smaller
– away.

Phillip Knight Scott is a native of Durham, North Carolina, where he lives and writes poetry. A husband and father, he finds happiness in family, friends, reading, and writing. His work has been published in Vita Brevis Press and on his website, phillipkscott.com On twitter @phillipscott.

Originally posted on the site: 09/09/2019