Beyond Memorials

Waits the hurricane within
of tears behind faces
where winds of past
whip flowing tears to mist

Anger rises
reaching billowy transport
only to fall unexpectedly
where landscapes of self
slide helplessly beneath slippery will

White crossed remembrances
of chess-like patience
wait out the next
eye of memory
where time
stands
still
awaiting
evanescent quiet
finally releasing its torrents
into position for yet another
hurricane within