The wave breaks
Heart aches
Time stands
Threaded strands
Jordan divides
Turns the tide
What once was and will never be again
Remember when
Lost years
Heaven's tears
Drip on the mahogany wood
Memories of childhood
Whispered names
Picture frames
Gravestones
Under the bridge
Blood-stained railroad tracks
Earth cracks
Unfinished chess game
a phone call left no one the same
A long ago day echoes
Ashen gray thunder cracks and bellows
Lightning sparks
Mortal hallmarks
Voices fade
Words prayed
Laughter silenced
Reverberate the sirens
Moonlight's breath
Another death
Goodbyes spoken
this gypsy heart holds the token
By Shannon McKemie, M.A.