Somewhere Else by John Drudge

Walking the banks

Along the river

Waiting for life to begin

Looking for something else

To survive the strain

Of enduring

More than mere breath

And bluster

More than the sadness

Of opening one’s eyes

To the café

By the church

In the quiet corner

Of the quarter

To be somewhere else

Without wanting 

Endlessly

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John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology.  He is the author of three books of poetry: “March” and “The Seasons of Us” (both published in 2019) and New Days (published in 2020). His work has appeared widely in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.