Echoes

Echoes

Drip,

Drip...drip........plop.

Whispers of dreams,

Open my heart,

Open my mind.

Going on, ever on,

To where the silence

Rings from the invisible walls.

Barriers of deafness

To unseeing ears,

Unhearing eyes, and

Worse, your ghost

Has strolled on by

Smiling boldly.

Kiss the day of hopes,

For it will settle.

The rancid yellow

Dust of chemistry,

Bourne by the senseless ones.

Reflections of laughter,

Once a passing

Wind of change

Came calling, leaving

Desolation in thy wake.

Unsettled for now,

The rhythm of love,

Shall be a while

Coming home to bed.

Lay with me here,

Precious echoes of your,

Of mine, of our.

Amidst the blasted flower !

What hope, the peace

Can elevate now.

In rivers flowing

Still for thirst.

You left the days

All gone your power !

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Remembered.