Shimmering Holograms
by Odin Roark

The relationships hang in space
Levitating as impressive images
Once of consequence
Now void of substance

How very long the translucent layers built
Molding beginnings of meaningful passion
That withdrew slowly into tortoise-like armor
Each with accumulated secrets
Festering

Time passed
More betrayals amassed
Expanding beyond the flesh
Finances
Business
Family
All thought hidden beneath
The hardened shell of deceit

Underlying this make-believe shield
Continued these foolish human beings
Doing foolish things
All the while
Knowing the counterbalance to foolishness
Was compassion they had denied themselves
Each convinced forgiveness undeserved
As if it must be earned
Rather than given from the heart

What endured
Were fractured remnants
Scattered light beams of living
Mirroring the past three-dimensional commitment
Into these shimmering holograms
Of what once was real

Thank you

Our next galactic tour is in 40 centons