Exiles' Poetry: "Crossing the Rubicon"

Love is always a gamble, but you have to take risks or be alone

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The Lost Country

Spring 2013 • Vol. 2, No. 1

issn 2326-5310 (online)

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Crossing the Rubicon

By Tyler Morrison

"Alea iacta est." - "The die is cast." -- Julius Caesar, according to the Roman historian Suetonius

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This work was published in the Spring 2013 issue of The Lost Country. You may purchase a copy of this issue from the Exiles’ home page, or, if you prefer, from Amazon.

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“CROSSING THE RUBICON” by Tyler Morrison

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I raise my glass and risk a glance,
Wanting and fearing her notice.

A gambler knows what wise men don’t:
That in these fickle moments lies
The balancing act of chance,
When the myriad angels dance on pins,
And gods will learn what Fortune grants.

The die is cast; I catch a glimpse,
—Her hair, her eyes, her cheeks, her lips—
And see at once the fool I am again.

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More from the Author

in 2012, Tyler Morrison became the last graduate of the College of Saint Thomas More. In addition to his poetry, he is currently writing his first novel and play. More from this author

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