Marred by the stress and by the pain
In this half-light, all alone
Mark of humanity blotted with stain
Hidden greatness gives a shuddering groan
Breaking down these temples
Built of clay and flesh
Clinging to rocks like barnacles
Tied up in a seaweed mesh
Waves of eroding salt
Dragging away dead tissue
Dredging up a sandy fault
The heart of this repeating issue
Let this ocean of tears cleanse
View our planet through a new lens
Midnight eyes in the shadows
Pinning souls to the wall
Haunting gaze strikes like arrows
Celestial globes hidden in hollows
Curtained dread begins to fall
Midnight eyes in the shadows
Swimming tears like little minnows
Bluish cast of watery pall
Haunting gaze strikes like arrows
Spilling brim of many sorrows
Watch the horrid pull enthrall
Midnight eyes in the shadows
In azure pain it wallows
Through blue pity it will crawl
Haunting gaze strikes like arrows
Hear as lonely whisper billows
Listen to the keening mournful call
Haunting gaze strikes like arrows
soft footsteps
tentative echo
of a sojourner’s soul
finally home to stay
tired eyes raise
hands lift
as if on their own
such wordless delight
this ending
is no ending
but a beginning
no-
an endlessness
of bliss
and completeness
true reality
at last
mention me
in your thoughts
in your prayers
in your whispers
and your tears
hear me speak
in the quiet
when the raindrops
fade away
don’t forget
always remember
to mention me
What I’m working on…
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The Wisdom of Gavroche 