HAPPY NEW YEAR? THE HORIZON

the horizon as we fear it

In my pen and paper universe

freedom prevails

inspiration intensifies my thoughts

I scribble until my brain exhausts

fantasies heighten my legacy

the moon still smiles

radiant sun bathes me in light

stars shimmer with lust

 

Yet in the New Year frozen clouds

tell a different story

my ink ceases to flow

paper dissolves into thin air

words congeal in timeless expanse

moods darken to an endless pit

the universe is oppressive and barren

thoughts distress over a lost society

we all look homologous

we are all possessed

our lips sealed with blue paint

Ivory black lies envelop us into fear

 

 

Author's Note

photograph is my painting: FROZEN TUNDRA

Reviews

[Soren]

I love the last four lines. This is a poem that starts so philosophical moving into natural beauty and then the last four lines. Wonderful

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you Soren for a fabulous review!
Warmly, B