Look!

 

A passing lane

 

A loving timbre, 

A tender voice,

in quiet

 

muffled.

 

If even it existed

 

If even it was 

not

Just…

 

Imagination.

 

That’s life

 

A drama in terror,

A cruel case,

An unusual stage:

Where 

hair-strung marionettes

Squeeze the pen

 

Until their hands bleed,

 

And they tear the 

Tender

page.

_________________

 

R.V. Smith: “The Bright Side”, 02-02-23

 

© 2023 by Ryan Vincent Smith