Shadows Lurk

listen closely
these tender buds with leaves that shield
careful for those winds that sow
dreadful hints of miscontent
why hesitate,
must we wait

relax,
all that glitters is not what you think you see

shimmering sparkles beyond the hue
what makes us think we could taste
and touch.
look again at how they've moved
faded even from our dismal view

whispers circle closer
listen as they clamor
their language unfamiliar
we struggle most unexpectedly
as rocks fill our open hands
while water runs right through

is this all we're left here with
these dreams that crumble
inside the lines that hide
these meanings, if we only knew

the red dawn drew away and left us gasping
unlike before
when hope surrounded
and cups were full

the key, we need the key
without it, we shall surely stall
and into where, we cannot know

these dreams as yet untold...

Reviews

[Kathy Van Kurin]

'Shadows Lurk'
Alisa Js,
I see the symbolic in this poem that one might expect in our dreams of the night.
This is taken a step further to show our need to dream to be motivated in the
hope of life-or plans.To dream awake or asleep is what can give us motivation,
gives us hope:
last stanza,
'the key, we need the key
without it, we shall surely stall
and into where, we cannot know
these dreams as ye untold...'
Blessings,
Kathy

[Alisa Js]

Thank you, Kathy... will be by soon.

;-)

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Alisa,
You are welcome. I look
forward to hearing your
take on what you may find.
Blessings,
Kathy

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~ oh, this is epic work... it's like reading the secrets of the universe unraveling... i have always believed that poets are extremely perceptive and identify and define the intangible... you prove it with incontrovertible evidence in this piece... the key is really the key to it all... ~ exceptional work...

[time to face facts]

it really struck a hole in my heart. not sure what that means. just came to me :)

[Alisa Js]

That makes two of us.... sending you smiles...

aj