Stones
Star-gazer lily
Time passes quickly
Dreams abound
When there is no sound
Hope whispers
In loneliness of winters
Darkness drowns
Thorns crown
Shadows dance
Perchance
Dyes cast
Memories past
Broken glass
A first kiss's taste
Doubts erase
Spirits embrace
Blind eyes chaste
Beauty beholds
Faith's refined gold
Fire's embers
She remembers
Lives tangle
a candle
Words unspoken
Secret token
Heartbroken
She walks alone
Pass Kyoto's garden stones.
By Shannon McKemie, M.A.