Hear me
read
the poem as
an MP3 file.
Watch me
read
the poem as
a YouTube video.
Video Music:
Trust.
By Jahzzar.
Performed by Jahzzar
at the
Free
Music Archive
under an Attribution-
ShareAlike
license.
For most
of us life passes like a dream,
Revealing only what is on our minds.
Inside the prison of the self we see
Each object as a shadow on our wall.
Nothingness awaits, as sure as night.
Did I not have you, dear friend, I might,
Shadow on a shade, not be at all.
How much we need a word beyond our sea:
In love and laughter, thoughts of different kinds,
Perhaps, with luck, unraveling a
seam.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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