Marooned

the light sways each break cast upon waters wake constant movement capture waves reflecting shimmer refractive glass splinter mirage slicing a mirror each simple twists of fate swim deep in retreat die beneath the stillness a silent repose of agonies sleep trapped in drowning grief swallowed by misery's caress beached in sorrows weep crawl the shore on battered knees the beat of a fist concede grip of blood and sand bury a heart already gone pounding the sum the pulse of a drum a beggars demand trembles in a shiver to breath Terry D’Arcy-Ryan