Lady Labyrinth Poet Free verse

The Edge

"The Edge"



Beneath the surface
freedom flows
above the watermark
secrets shared 
with the sky
only the ghost 
knows

conversations of a man 
on the edge of life

pondering ponds
the loud silent drowned pasts 
and baptismal rites
spiriting water memories
rippling an entire
Ocean 
home


(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)









"Any Other Name" 
https://youtu.be/-BYjEmmPoqM


"Any Other Name"/ Thomas Newman (Piano)
https://youtu.be/BixvfcN81Jw






“We are like islands in the sea, 
separate on the surface 
but connected in the deep.”


“Little islands are all large prisons; 
one cannot look at the sea 
without wishing 
for the wings of a swallow.”









watermark.

1.
a faint design made in some paper during manufacture that is visible when held against the light and typically identifies the maker.

2.
a mark indicating the height to which water has risen

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