Oh, saturated breath,
nearly not gas, laden and stressed,
be evaporated! Death,
granted to worry
and buried between blurry lines.
Expression is a merciful
and patient deity.
She knows her audience,
to make room for spontaneity,
and knows that, soon, the way to me
would have been crumbled shut.
The walls of the rut
about to cave in
on this impudent mut,
always misbehaving.
He'll never know the reason
she strayed to save him,
but he'll wonder at it
every single time he exhales.
The cloud of his confusion pales
the subjects of his glazed, distracted gaze,
it veils his view of the lights in the skyline,
little lanterns in the maze.
That place, looking distant through the smoke,
feels only just a phase.
Muffled by miles, the hustle and bustle
prompts the twitch of a tired muscle β
a brief return to the ancient craze,
and a little, lazy lifetime plays
out in a synaptic circus.
But the "crowd," is unamazed.
The conference of one
just blinks away the meager daze
as that white, beleaguered haze
dissipates into night air.
It was an endless string of Mondays β
a fight here, a fight there...
we have our choice of battleground
and that, at least, is fair.
But it's the darker hours,
unflitered and dour,
which stir his deepest cares.
And sure enough,
by ivory glow and not the golden stare,
with vision cleared and mind uncuffed,
his heart is caught not unawares.
Willingly, with grit, he bears
commitment, love
and whatever else scares
him underneath the daylight's dares.
A garish challenge grips and tears,
but reveals behind the tatters
a clean perspective, understanding,
to see what really matters.
About the Creator
Jacob Sherman
The desire to read, and perhaps to write, should be cultivated and nurtured with care throughout every stage of life. For my part I will inject what strangeness and truth that I can into our written history. Expect no constants but honesty.
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