When light is broken

By a million raindrops

I’m standing on gold

Drifting West again

Drawn by rising Doppler tides

Towards shores unknown

My wheels are spinning

Going round in circles like

A headless chicken

Narcissus awake!

Lift your gaze from the smooth lake!

That neck’s gonna break!

Keeping our heads down

Won’t save us from the danger

Ignorance is death

I slip and I slide

Glaciers carry dead weight

This is my best shot

No matter how far

I have come, the next step seems

To feel like the first

When I’ve forgotten

Who I am and what I do

The warm sun breaks through

Like wings on a bird

Ideas only fly with words

That need to be heard

Relentless waves roll

Endlessly battering my

Stoney heart to dust

Sunlight leads us West

Every step reveals the next

Soak up golden glow

Each lens we look through

Reveals a different story

Splicing truth and doubt

Sweet stems surround us

With wandering white whispers

Can a mind be changed?

As lost bulbs awake

After cold wintery days

Time has come to play

Though they sing all day

Filling the air with sweetness

Birds don’t make a sou

Don’t let the brambles

Ensnare you in sullen sulks

There I build my nest

What looks like the end

Is an unexpected bend

Let your mind transcend

Refractions retract

The moon a thin cataract

Breaking eye contact

Signs of last year’s heat

The heavy scent of life blood

Marching on again

I turn to the East

Where are the lives now deceased?

Which line is the least?

Swing towards the sun

Cast away both clout and doubt

Spring finally sprung

Set horizon sights

To join the sea and the sky

Pull me deeper in