Jeremy C Kester

a poem

I sit in quiet sands and oceans
And silent I ponder wonder
Pretend in silence that I care not
While inside a river flows blind

Forever I touch empty feeling
Not knowing daily fates of wonder
As I look up to see meaning
And find feelings so demeaning

Diminish a heart once long
And I shorten hopes of long life
These dreams I cling are loose afoot
As I slip into a dreamlessness

The river flows to destination not
Drinking with it the dream of never
Would I be right to think myself clever
Now that I fooled myself?

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