Poetry by Sharon Scholl
We meet in the dark kitchen
with separate hungers,
different aching joints,
each with reasons to be sleepless.
I switch on the stove light,
wince at sudden brightness.
You click off your flashlight,
stand mute, indecisive.
What will digest at this hour?
Something quick and harmless
that may invite sleep – at least
fill dull time until it comes.
Quietly we munch and sip, shuffle
by habit around each other.
It’s the company that satisfies.
Sharon Scholl is a retired college professor (humanities) who convenes a poetry critique group and maintains a website of original music compositions (freeprintmusic.com) for small churches. She is the patron for poetry and music composition contests for young creators. Her poetry chapbooks are available via Amazon Books.
