Semblance of a Dream

Excerpt:

WE CANNOT TURN AROUND

The shattered glass
Of soundproof walls
That can block the night no more
Is scattered, alas,
On the broken stillness
Of a distant, darkened shore.

That shore is still, and silent
In the moonlight,
But for the waves of a falling sea
That is never drowned.

We are open, awake, aware,
But… (more)

Excerpt:

WE CANNOT TURN AROUND

The shattered glass
Of soundproof walls
That can block the night no more
Is scattered, alas,
On the broken stillness
Of a distant, darkened shore.

That shore is still, and silent
In the moonlight,
But for the waves of a falling sea
That is never drowned.

We are open, awake, aware,
But we cannot turn around.

© 2009 Laura Sunny Marie Hartfield; All Rights Reserved.