The Projector

the projector flickers away

in the mystery of home movies

of lakes and bays 

deserts and mountains

the great wonders

lesser places

a plymouth wagon

with its innocent pilgrims 

cheery souvenirs

cheese sandwiches

young 

hearts

explored

and in the darker room they pace

where polar worlds collide

cross the lines

of unmapped borders

crossing the unearthly depressions

untraveled states 

mad gorges

of river dragons

manic angels

the projector continues
clicks to the dim music

evokes the heavens on earth

the unheard world

turned on its ear

in the dead stares

buried words

out of focus dance

of a handsome man

twisting cheerfully 

in the sparks

of a dancing

fire

JP Pestana October 31, 2016