She lay awake and looked above Her hand reaching for the sky She touched the ceiling – broke the glass And knew that she could fly She lay awake and felt a rope Tie her arms together And as she tried to wrestle free Her arms were soon untethered She pushed the sheet above her […]
Tag: life and death
Although departed
Although departed – enshrined to thee With thimble and with thumb To leave complete would dim the light And turn each other numb Although immersed in deepest sea I’m anchored in your ocean – Protagonists will lose the war And pacifists – devotion
If I had the choice of life or death
If I had the choice of life or death Of course I would choose life For all its fettered foibles Its chaos and its strife I’d choose it for the other Would assemble me before The unknown perfidy of gloom Like sullen days of yore I’d choose it for its smile Under skies […]