Rippling

rippling

chipped off
the rock of time
a lone pebble pierces 
the soft water of life’s dreams

ripples of hope
spread across the pond
of blurred reality—
ripples bouncing
and dissipating—
curved banks confining
efforts of freedom

in the dying sunlight
of escape
we’ve become
like human truffles
hiding beneath the floor
of mother earth

in the diming twilight
above humanoid jackals
freely roam—
preying at will:

at the crossroads 
of change
fading ripples
await the coming freeze.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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