when the wind blows

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
Sank between
pain and loss
Care and curse
regret and forgot

You fear
I try to hold on
Skates of maybe
on a bed of ice

Constant the noise
of yesterday
has never left
today

Another hope
crucified
on this fallen road

Give up
why not
Give up what
exactly

Brutal the days
that force hate
across the naked
desert
raped for power

Beauty used to sing
but now you have made
the song
an epitaph

I do what I know
and wait
usual prescription
usual state

Have you noticed
how the trees wave
when the wind blows?

Stephen