A poem about writing and contemplation by David Tombale: Falling Away

Contemplating life from through the lens of your pen can give you a fresh perspective and that’s what Falling Away is all about.

Falling Away 

The window yellows with the light

of morning burning through the

heavy shade of streaming clouds

and it cannot kill the clinging ache

of last night’s drink, it cannot

kill the thoughts of winter that keep

me huddled in my heavy coat and

slippers, the sound of my pen moving

over printed lines that blur against

the background of city lights, the

distant roar of passing planes that

have me shaking, falling away from

sleep.