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Ascent

They left every stone unturned
Every rose untouched 
In the rubble of a shrine 
Of those who once had loved
They lie quietly
Faces upturned
Towards the sun
Their tears vaporize
To ascend
To become 
A story that will never end
Life begins at the turn 
Of a long winding way
Journeyed in a day.

Copyright © Vertical Vertical | Year Posted 2012



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On a Pencil Eraser

I hold this eraser in my hand
with a whale on it
smiling above the two lines that mark the waves
and the name of the brand
to erase and be erased 
is written beneath the beady eyed whale.
A line to make it smile 
two to make its universe
no colours have these waves 
and the whale smiles for not being blue.
Its tail has already dissolved 
along with the last letter of the brand name
in the words of lead
written in thoughtlessness
by 'wanton children'.
To undo a child's folly 
must this smile be gone?
These waves and a big name all?
For Man who erred in words 
and dissolved my whale's innocent little world
in words?

Copyright © Vertical Vertical | Year Posted 2011


Book: Shattered Sighs