Bougainvillea thorns

Tempting beacon, helpless ships out on the reef

Maybe learn to swim

Leaving lifeboats in man-o-war swarms

Frangipani blooms

From lifeless sticks, souls once were forsaken

Wear it in your hair

The water’s cool

You move like a charade

The silhouette of a context

Ethereal parade procession that leads us home

Calling out a name

One that heretofore has gone unspoken

Broken down and lame

Lives listless on a riverbed

Easy up to now

Unknown voices linger to keep me sane

Makes me wonder how

And where’s the star where it all began?

You move like a charade

The silhouette of a context

Ethereal parade procession that leads us home

We will meet coming out of left field

Randomized entropy reigns

No patterns or order here

Save our breath, pack it up and head out

Words waver and wane of the waves

They’re rushing for embrace

Beaches are all closed

Shops are boarded up and streets are bruised

Give it time to heal

We’ll dip our toes in sometime again

You move like a charade

The silhouette of a context

Ethereal parade procession that leads us home