For Light..

 "Among the garbage... and the flowers..." ~L. Cohen

Moments in between
Life as it unfolds
Broken time
Where the heart sees through
    the eyes
So hard to catch
And even harder to embrace
Time lost to absorption
Humanity at waste

And I love all I see in her
Though its so much harder these days to obtain
The moments that fall between
Once lingered and remained
How distracted
So completely
Beauty hidden in plain sight
The soul slips away unnoticingly
Fire, for light

And the heart weeps
Knowing what little's left
And what's lost
All previously held so dear
Burdened
 Encumbered
  Dissolved

But this is our lot
Is it not?

And our duty to rebel
To swallow
Chokingly
This hell?

And I will not
My will
Enough to riot against
This rot
This little I have left
Is enough to recognize
The bereft
Spirit

But if any
Breath
Remains
My soul
Its fire
To pray for disdain
To awaken

What is quietly
daily
unknowingly
stealthily
stripped away
To disturb the sleeping giant
to abandon servitude
for faith in
a better day

ⓒ 2024 Shawn Michael Quinn