departure

 

you hide behind your – suppose –

as if it were a shroud,

seemingly unaware of the audacity –

imposed by your flagrant transparency…

 

 

how awkward –

meeting here like this –

exposing all my is,

to find it wasted effort to your – presume!

 

 

when did the lines become so blurred?

boundaries,

redefined?

we used to travel the same path –

shared the same – once upon a time…

 

 

dangling now –

contemplating the letting go –

while you callously take flight on wings of indifference.

 

 

surely there is no sadness more intense

than dying –

without death!

composition of the vessel

and sometimes in the darkness,
we strive to shine our light.
however small the arc –
regardless the distance of shadows cast.
 
by some,
our contribution considered courageous –
uncompromising.
for however long the assigned tenure,
we share accommodation –
travel in search of sunrise –
dawn’s reprieve from what seems never-ending midnight.
it’s those alliances shared without conflict of obligation that nurture hope –
rekindle fires of compassion from embers of deceit.
 
yet,
sometimes –
in the darkness –
our light,
diminished,
compromised.
what purpose –
then –
the striking of the match?
 
more relevant, to be considered necessary –
unassuming –
valued for the composition of the vessel –
regardless temporal accoutrement of perceived illumination…