sweet evaporation
carried through a mist of condemnation
bathed in the waves
of what was taken
drained
from political complication
soaked
in a subconscious segregation
slowly drowned
in the pools of deprivation
drenched
with a tool of sinister frustration
the current pulls us away
into a lonesome desolation
where our tears spell out
manipulation
but
quenched a thirst
of inihibitions
washed a slate
of wrong decisions
moisturized a people
to be forgiven
and flooded the land with droplets
to nuture the living
still advantage is taken
like a hurricane
not even the most refreshing molecule
can put out the fire that we have tamed
but when the dam
stop giving way
and we're no longer baptized
in what flowed our way
reverie stops
spilling amongst us
and the lagoons of hope
become hopeless
empty glasses of passions
that once quenched a society to satisfaction
now are the drinks
we've all been lacking
no longer pouring at our hands and feet
but overflowing and starting to leak
in a place unknown
where imagination can only flow alone
a sweet dreamlike ripple and splash
where life took its first cast
only if the river into such an ocean would last
to protest and build brooks
from a diluted past.
shannon2005©