Aqueous Eyes

I stand silently

as sinews of sibilant sounds

seek release

from pin pricked lingering light

in shriveled womb

of yesterday, tiptoeing

through stagnant stillness

of waveless waters.

Vibrations violate

pristine peaceful vapors

as loneliness lingers

with absentee light.

Aqueous eyes ache

in abject aloneness.

Life’s puzzles loom

as they linger

mesmerizing

the bold moon, waning

immersed in the halo

of daunting truth

reflecting fleetingly

on fallen fallow seeds.

Tangled trails wind

ethereal shadows

of thorns, unraveled

aisles leading nowhere

seagulls screech

taunting tales in dirges

Death dives deeply, delving

into expressionless existence.