Ripples

I'm too lazy to write anything today, so I'm just going to share this poem that I wrote two years ago. Enjoy! ^_^

I will rip the earth from the sky and discover the truth

that has hidden itself in the hills and valleys

of the way the earth moves when I see you.

I feel

...a

shattering, a

staggering, a

crippling,

unexplained, unanswered wavering of the footprints

left in the sand despoiled by the waves of the oppressors.

The ephemeral comfort we cast about for and thought to find

in arms unbending, yours and mine,

is but a lie.

A lie.

A lie.

Did we cast the dice too soon? Did we leave the shores unbidden?

I long to find an answer just, that lays a cooling balm

on the hearts of the afflicted few, who know the joys and sorrows true

of one whose love is lost.