We're special
so we're told
we windows of the wall
With loneliness the price
we endure
for out there
our escape hatch
through which
every eye beholds
vast dreams
is deemed priceless
so we're told
Our genesis began as holes
holes in cave walls
lean-tos
boat hulls
hovel
and castle
Today
We idle our time
our frames anxious
Home Depot aisles our waiting rooms
Soon
Mary and her fork lift
will place a lucky-adopted
on a flatbed
delivery bound
Then
Hammer and nail
will fix us upright
We'll await our finish
of clear-pane joy
Witness our first night
with eyes of glass
we'll know we're now safe
embraced by walls
our shield
A roof
for prevention
A loving home
our protection
So we're told
taught we were
so astute our shamans
But of late
word is
our tomorrows
bode doubt
Elders warn
outside grows dark with
sightless of mind
blindness of heart
perhaps rendering void
any call for
we windows of the walls
We'll be but shattered shards
they say
There may be no outside anymore
something about...
think they said...
nu...clear storms
Guess we'll have to wait
and see
After all
that's what we're for...
to see
we windows of the wall
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I also sensed a foreboding about the future of our planet as we look out of our houses of protection. When the outside goes, our safe inside goes along with it. However, cities like New York City and Rome somehow beat the odds and exist long after the supporting countryside can no longer support them.
Ron
But we can be a window for many Odin
not only for ourselves but for others
time will weather us, but if our glass
is cleaned and cared for we go on to
bring great pleasure for others so
they can view many wonderful things
Through all our trials and tribulations
You write so well in metaphor and other styles
Love and Light
Lily
at the present condition and finds it...
less than pleasing without being overly
judgmental or a boring preachy pain in the arse;
you have poetic class, Odin
john