ABSTRACT (FORWARD AND BACKWARD)

ABSTRACT (FORWARD)

The weather changed again today
In mirrored puddles, ripples slide
Time compresses, slips away
Between the tears, we try to hide

The memory of rain still follows
Another sun, a secret friend
Umbrellas casting perfect shadows
Happy days as we pretend

Snow in crystalline expanses
Blossoms into cotton white
Prisms twisting light advances
Melting daydreams into night

Abstract countenance of heaven
Storms become a state of being
Wishes burn like stars you cling to
Shapes of things we’re never seeing

The weather changed again today
Clouds for your Eclectic pen
Blending steadfast into gray
Waking up to what was when

A letter on the kitchen table
I thought I heard you call my name
Talking in your sleep is fatal
Wrapped in sheets of point and blame

Luminous acceptance finds you
In the arms of almost maybe
Slipstream skies of faded blue
Mirror image, unconvincing

Seek approvals, take control
Wearing faces, vain excuses
Raising voices, thunder rolls
Smirky smiles to hide abuses

Magnanimous, the ego blathers
Keeping records of contentions
Cultivating nothing matters
Worshipping our dark inventions

The artifice of blind ambitions
Creating namesakes for your mourning
Prayers of facts, acts of contrition
Forgiveness with the new day dawning

Unconventional, the times
How soon tomorrow slips away
Metaphors for foolish rhymes
The weather changed again today

ABSTRACT (BACKWARD)

The weather changed again today
Metaphors for foolish rhymes
How soon tomorrow slips away
Unconventional, the times

Forgiveness with the new day dawning
Prayers of facts, acts of contrition
Creating namesakes for your mourning
The artifice of blind ambitions

Worshipping our dark inventions
Cultivating nothing matters
Keeping records of contentions
Magnanimous, the ego blathers

Smirky smiles to hide abuses
Raising voices, thunder rolls
Wearing faces, vain excuses
Seek approvals, take control

Mirror image, unconvincing
Slipstream skies of faded blue
In the arms of almost maybe
Luminous acceptance finds you

Wrapped in sheets of point and blame
Talking in your sleep is fatal
I thought I heard you call my name
A letter on the kitchen table

Waking up to what was when
Blending steadfast into gray
Clouds for your Eclectic pen
The weather changed again today

Shapes of things we’re never seeing
Wishes burn like stars you cling to
Storms become a state of being
Abstract countenance of heaven

Melting daydreams into night
Prisms twisting light advances
Blossoms into cotton white
Snow in crystalline expanses

Happy days as we pretend
Umbrellas casting perfect shadows
Another sun, a secret friend
The memory of rain still follows

Between the tears, we try to hide
Time compresses, slips away
In mirrored puddles, ripples slide
The weather changed again today

TM DiSarro

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