Patrick Theron Erickson lives and writes in Garland, Texas.
All That Glitters
By Patrick Theron Erickson
You may retain
through exultation
springing
that spring
in your step
springing the lock
lockstep
and yet remain
in the dark
and reason thus
laying bare the truth
like nuggets gleaming
that greedy men
might make the more
of it
might mine it
for all it’s worth
yet come up short.