Nothing About (2025), a Poem by William S. Kilgore

nothing here to see,

there are

weightier matters

in circulation

amongst women and men

far more capable

of the kinds of flicker-events

that start forests blazing.

here's only two sticks, with

lack of friction.

unmatched at frustrating

dry kindling,

several live matches

could change

a dynamic growing tiresome

for less capable

would-be spark-kindlers,

burdened by blazes unstarted.

gawkers light cigarettes to

watch the fail.

so cold it is, without flickering

warm fires

transforming the air,

enveloping recipients

growing tired of a dynamic

of impaired-in-beginnings,

unmade in resilient darkness.

emperors ascending further

than temperatures.

nothing here to see,

vision failing

circulation of routine

miseries matched

by the graphic inevitability

of impaled-in-endings,

unresilient to the fading light.

things. things that drag us away,

screaming in dark lostness.

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Dr. William Kilgore is a sociology professor and theologian residing in Houston, Texas. After nearly 30 years as an academic, William began writing poetry in August, 2024 while at home recovering from a kidney transplant, at the age of 56. This opened up a door to a new way of contemplating things that was entirely new to him. In particular, and similar to journaling practices, writing poetry deepened William's faith, helping him to think through devotional, theological, and emotional issues in his thoughts. Writing primarily for himself, some friends and family encouraged him to seek publication