Digital Display

Time in digital displays
 summer outside the door
 two zeros of luminance
 bright spots on the dark
 countdown to an end 
 times slow rotation
 imperceptible movements 
 dragging the day to close
 branded by the light
 my loneliness is taunted
 by the possibility beyond
 that closed doors exclude
 as the wait for visitation
 continues as interminable torture
 waiting by the stairs 
 zeroes fade closer 
 joining the dark,
like hope.

Ciaran Burke