Thursday, September 4, 2014

Voices On the Other Side of an Imaginary Wall

"Till human voices wake us, and we drown." T.S. Eliot

The lights are out but I am still here.
I hear the sound of voices
on the other side
of an imaginary wall.
Later I will dream of a child
abandoned in the dark,
lost, without a voice.

Lightning flashes but the rain
brings no relief. I hear the gurgling
of rising water coming closer.
We read the headlines, day after day.
The world is on fire.
Who will burn?
Who will drown? 





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