Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Mock Ocean

Cursed with a lying smile,
she swims slowly by the glass
like dying hands
sliding down a broken window;
to be observed, not to be saved.

She is a lucky one, though,
if captured life is worth living.
The day they took her from home
blue waters ran red
with blood of those she’d known.

Memories of the cove;
the cries;
all that was lost,
haunt her while she performs,
as she brings smiles to unknowing faces.

2 comments:

  1. Take part in the cause to save the dolphins

    www.takepart.com/thecove

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  2. Eahc poem from top to bottom just get better and better; I love your flow of poetry and how you've been able to eave it through nature in comparison to life; that poor dolphin though; it really makes me cry.

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