broken on the shore
with your broken images-
I am still alive
reversals are carried by
the heart that can't
sustain them;
released like fireflies
into the sun,
messages are not conveyed
I am still alive
waves of light are deflected
waves of tears are not
still, these fragments shine
I am still alive
and my tears burn an
aperture through
these skies of endless steel
mary angela douglas 13 november 1999/28 august 2005
