"erasing waves"

running from responsibility
tethered to past-tense
relaxing exquisitely
protective picket-fence

i'm foiled
my foot work falters

hop saturated
jogged past walkers
memories marionette montage

of footsteps in sand
melancholy merits mirage
with nowhere to stand

"so i sat up in my med
and tried to superimpose
things my eyes would
rather have saw
in front of my head"
M.C. Paul Barman