Wishing Well
(let go
of that rhythmic well- dodging
dream-filled pennies of false hopes
silence describes the endless trip
from handtowater
how oxygen tarnishes copper plate
drowning
sinking into stone surrounded confinement
to lay motionless
on the bottom
there the struggle ends
from a fall
to a swaying plummet
and then hope
abandoned
below crushing weight of desire)
Pennies only purchase passage.
Copyright © Justin Presson | Year Posted 2007
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