Past and future daydreams
the delusions of
a present tense.
Unspeakable longing
fills every fissure
and pressure demands
the yielding of limits.
(a dark torrent bursts forth)
*the shores will recede
until the island is
swallowed up by the sea*
No survivors remain
when the tide, stemmed
for sakes external,
recapitulates the beachhead.
A great ache fills the land
with anguish, beckons
all beginnings to unite
with the end
*{the memory will fade
to total silence
beneath the roar of the waves}*
Where wilderness waits
to interpose the tamed.
Apr 23, 2016
Apr 23, 2016 at 2:43 PM UTC
Past and future daydreams
the delusions of
a present tense.
Unspeakable longing
fills every fissure
and pressure demands
the yielding of limits.
(a dark torrent bursts forth)
*the shores will recede
until the island is
swallowed up by the sea*
No survivors remain
when the tide, stemmed
for sakes external,
recapitulates the beachhead.
A great ache fills the land
with anguish, beckons
all beginnings to unite
with the end
*{the memory will fade
to total silence
beneath the roar of the waves}*
Where wilderness waits
to interpose the tamed.
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