Fishes Perish

time opens her delicate 
wings transporting
us from the
incessant
fury
of the shattering waves
blades of tiny green grass
caress
bending rays of gloom
words of silence
destroying the eloquence
coos  of babbling 
infants
gliding fishes drink
from the oiled ocean
and perish
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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