All This Is That: Poem: The Curtain

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Poem: The Curtain

By Jack Brummet

1
There are pockets of sanity
Scattered among us

And light years between those
Shimmering Seas of Tranquility.

2
The puzzle we face
Is keeping the tiller

Aimed away from
The Sea of Madness.

3
The silver rain
Is drawn

Like a curtain
Between us and God.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Hi,
Number one hit home.

Thank you.
/C; 12/30/2011

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