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A thousand


I tried to close the door today.
like a thousand dying fireflies slowly swiveling through the dark.
Their fading light are as bright as the twilight.
As thick as the swimming trees in the park.

I tried to run today and stumbled,
like a thousand freedom doves gliding underground.
My heart and soul achingly crumpled,
uttered a little squeak, a nomad home-bound.

I tried to sing my song for you
like a thousand dolphins echoing echelons in the battlefield
Gliding through the waves underneath the moonlit sky
but your ears and stone-cold heart  are thickly sealed.

and that was probably my last try.







Comments

luliesc said…
I always associate sunsets with goodbyes and sadness and solitude.
May 9, 2013 at 3:33 AM
Deric said…
thanks for reading.
May 16, 2013 at 7:45 PM
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