Wednesday, November 28, 2018

The Poem That Says No

It’s when the crack appears for your reply
That silence floods the room like what’s to hide

The light like mathematics glues the forms
But proofs are more elusive than before

The unwatched weed, the orphan eyes are all
That can be said of the truth as it falls

The rich, viscous pupils have void inside
To counter the glare of the surface lie

As the spiral depths pull further away
Behind the crystal where deities play

Promising all that inmates guarantee
To those who don’t quite realize they are free

We plan: a crust of land, love that won’t die
While the words we use dissolve when birds go by