No words escape me The sun will rise tomorrow Or so I am told

Foggy morning sky Your veil remains untouched by The flags of Autumn How cruel of you to kidnap Such keen keepsakes of your kin

To grasp at the root This longing for the seasons Hidden deep, deep down To say it’s just “Natural,” Would only scratch the leaf-tops

A blank white tablet Fuzzy buzzing silences Click, click, click, and yet That single black divider keeps Blinking an endless cycle

Tiny flashing lights Figures entwine together Closer and closer ‘closer than ever’ they say Beside our computer screens

My White Cloak Part one: Place Entering day by day (1) Into a place to grow and stay Into the foundational walls of old

To cover the tears Some men will drown their sorrows Some just run away Some even will board their hearths To me? A path of rom-com

Busy decisions Like an endless moon cycle Such a waxing life

Is there something dark? Dark, dark, deep down inside me Something that keeps me Away from the center ring A divergent path indeed

My Grandfather’s last dream In a deep sea of white, heavy thun… Until a peaceful respite blinks What will it bring? Will the rain… With their piercing showers, will…

Flickering between The realms of light and shadow Why not close the shades? Sleep’s alluring charm welcomes Despite such early hours!

A midst cold classrooms Seemingly short dialect Audio-connect Slowly frozen hearts will drip As conversations bubble

I pray for the day When my mind is clear Silence, sweet silence Schemes and impulses forgone To live without a shadow

Just for a moment To glimpse from dusty pages A single white flash Tenuous seconds follow Until a roaring reply

Distractions of youth Parade like bright spring flowers Always on the mind Entangling my weak heart To the land of mud and ice