Summer of Love
SUMMER OF LOVE
Torbid lake
Serene shrill
Stillness; opaque
A furnace of a summer
Rumage through the trees and foliage
Rake and sift nature, for a selfish sake.
We all lose blood of our ancisters
We all lose in the end.
We all keep this sacrament in secrecy.
We all do nothing. Void of intent.
Weather of war.
Patriotism in cloth and bigotry
Uneducated enemy. Unhealthy lifestyles.
Unafraid, because we remain unaware.
Remain in denial.
Seasons change, climate coalesces
Geography is slowly rearranged
As is my focus on something new and strange
A focus on a dot to obsess
We all have reasons to run – to regress
We all hide.
From each other
And ourselves.
Copyright © Joel Thornton | Year Posted 2015
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