I sit here staring, looking
through a glass
wayward, wavy, bare.
Bodies rushing
to places I don't know
Cold light
Dark corners.
Can you see me?
Am I hidden by the icy glaze
of your life, coated by
the smoggy haze
of everyday?

I stand, my soul bared,
my arms outstretched
Pleading
Longing
Loving
But always so alone

The sea wall stands
between
Belief and Hope.
A trickle, a river, a sea
longing to drown
An unfettered prison
Forcefields of light, sound, Community

Smiles pried from empty shadows
False fronts staring mercilessly
be Better
don't stray
The Wall is your Salvation
The sea is peril
Dark and Depraved
Stay dry, stay clean, don't touch

But the glassy surface calls
Is sailing touching?
Gliding over portents
brushing the mirror