Boundless

let the night cry its heart out  

let its' tears fall unheard

they know no earthly bounds   

it is more the slow crawl of old dull roses hanging

in slats of worn fallen garden fence 

splintered in weed and branch and age 

their own piercing thorns helpless 

shrinking skies 

songbirds no longer sing their cheerful little hymns 

no reason to believe anyone will know

dust blows where there were once stars

a longing wind howls in the place of light

there are depressions where there were once hills

an agony of spaces out of place  

let the heart cry out once more

it is soundless and most

unanswerable

JPPestana

Boundless

12.22.2021