Daybreak rouses this heavy heart
In the quiet of the lightening morning
Cascading a waterfall of tears.
Monochromatic colors of a brown
parched earth swirl persistently
through glassy eyes
Resisting the harsh disruption
Of this catatonic state
Remnants of a dream
From a hot restless night
Of twisted sheets and
Crumpled hopes.
A desert stretches endlessly
nothing in sight but dunes
of ochre-baked sand beneath
a relentlessly burning sun.
Struggling to find strength
This weary soul rises
Wearing again a stone mask of
Meaningless smiles and nods
Empty words uttered in monotone
Directions toward unknown
destinations, fearful of tomorrows
And whatever lies beyond.
A hawk circles above
Its plaintive caw echoes
Above the greener earth
Warmth rising from
the valley below, it soars
majestically toward a
A luminescent sky
Taking with it, this mortal’s
burdensome sadness
Lifting a somber veil
That I might see a luscious world
Radiant with beauty
Hear the beating of my own heart
And feel, despite the sadness,
That I am very much alive.
