Dawn
•
I gaze
through gossamer curtain’s fall
at a mirrored reflection
in a waking dream
hallucination
of a polarized reality
dual worlds
close enough to touch
through which truth
stumbles blind
beyond reach
walking as a wraith
moving in these worlds
captive to the bonewhite lie
implicit in the toxic grin
of inflexible conformity
lethal tradition
revered in mindless trance
change
shackled to the stone of fear
a grip rough as rope
change
bound
at the shadowed edge
of dark and light
ignorance and knowledge
change
beckon the dawn
summon the morn
there is far to go
and much to learn
rising from this night
someone needs release the light
• • •
rob kistner © 2008
Beautiful! I loved the construction of this and especially the final line, “someone needs to release the light”. A very good use of the RWP raw material.
-Nicole
very cool
resonates hope
Nicole –
Thank you… 😉
I’m pleased you enjoyed this!
…rob
WDS –
Appreciate your kind words…
…rob
Hi Rob, I like the way you break this up with change. Some nice images here. It’s like just before daylight and all of a sudden it dawns on you!
You have an amazing and beautiful way with words. I loved the last line.
SWT –
Thank you… 😉
Change just spoke to me in a chant as I was writing this.
I’m glad you liked it.
lillyasia –
You are most kind — I’m humbled…
The last line is a variation on a line contributed by Jillypoet to a collaborative effort at readwritepoem. I felt in modifying it, that it resolved my poem perfectly.