Time Stands Still

A Stream of Consciousness Poem

Rhonda Marrone
Be Open
Published in
2 min readMay 31, 2022

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Photo by Luis Tosta on Unsplash

Time stands still
In the face of a drop of water
That hangs unmoving, un-dripping on the end of a faucet.
Gravity has not yet worked its dark magic.

A 95-year-old woman lounges contentedly
On her screened-in back porch overlooking a deep slow-moving river.
At one time she and her…

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Rhonda Marrone
Be Open

Poetry and Essay Writer. Be Open Editor. Lover of all things nature. You can most likely find me sitting under a tree ,watching birds, writing poems.