Sunset By John Drudge

Powerful

Abstract sensuality

An ecstasy of beauty

And truer forms 

Of meaning

Luminous realities

Of skin and touch

The allure

Of altered states

Of love and lust

And the inevitability

Of your leaving

Fading over 

Homeward horizons

As I sink back

Into the ocean

Like the sun

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 five books of poetry: “March” (2019), “The Seasons of Us” (2019), New Days (2020), Fragments (2021), and A Long Walk (2023). 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.