Reid@YWP

it was barely audible

yet soft and sure

in the heat of the moment. 

what?

I ask

even though I know what you said. 

I know the weight 

and the feeling

Today, I watched boys climbing a log stuck vertically in the sand

And girls kicking at leaves just for the fun of it,

And oh, when did our youth slip through the backdoor unnoticed,

mother! i cry, captive of the wind

carrying my voice for those to hear who

accept failure is not an option & instead pursue

the package of progress, the patch of promise

a battle cry to be heard, 

tall

and ghostly pale

as if he were drenched in sheer silk 

was what I saw when he left the room, 

leaving behind footprints of moonlight in the halls. 

cool as a winter breeze

I had this dream the other night that some object in outer space had been reflecting radiation onto certain people: just dissolving them painlessly into light.