watch perpetual
August 23, 2015 § Leave a comment
having marshaled the facts
of the event that had
such a deleterious effect
on your psyche
you wish for disorder
the found equation
too cleanly
leading to
a revealed future,
(presented by
another amber
sunset)
,as hardtack
to wash down
with the
brackish dregs
of aspiration
still
you
push the prow
toward that
illusion of redemption
one hinted at
on all the charts
– as abstract symbology
or cryptic phrases
scratched in faded
India alongside
depictions of
the Kraken
or sirens
confounded by shifting stars
you follow the song
along inaccurate shorelines
and toward horizons that rise
endlessly before you
weary
from never being relieved
from your shift
standing watch
(c) 2015 Fred Whitehead
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