Hide and Seek

Calm clarity of the sky's reflection on an ocean's surface at sunrise
         masking its dark, murky depths and temperamental nature
         that bulges at the slightest breeze
Overbearing malice of an approaching thunder storm
Loneliness of a deserted interstate on Christmas Eve's eve
Dim buzzing of a dying street light in an empty alley

Aged and faded wallpaper of a cheap motel room
Rustling of grass in an abandoned field
Muffled sobs of a broken hearted child
Swirling of leaves on a gray Autumn's day

Waning of summer and summer spirits
Ascension of sorrow in an aimless heart
Ragged tears for a lover's heart lost or never possessed
Mangled emotions hidden in the vast labyrinth of a poet's psyche

Caressed by velvet tears
Obsolete to the world
Languorously jaded
Dangerously alive inside, yet heeded by none

Haunted by memories of seclusion and isolation
Entwined with mind but yet to conquer heart and soul
All the little kisses, all the pretty horses, all the car and truck fetishes,
         all the insightfulness
Rampant tears mingle with the shower's torrential downpour upon a
         hanging head of hopelessness
Trampled, torn, tangled, tortured evermore