SUSPENDED ANIMATION

Slammed by the fist of urgency

Plunged into the well of despondency

               I cry out

               I reach out

Harrowed by the claws of loneliness

Lover’s laughter mocks my moodiness

       The beaver gnaws the tree

        Uncertainty is not free

        The future of my loved one

         Harasses all the happiness I’ve won

Sitting all day long

The eyes see- right nor wrong

           The blank stare

           The ears a blare

           Feverish head

           Loneliness  unfed

The nerves in perpetual strain

Do the feelings drain

Mankind till now did survive

Hope keeps us alive

ã Phillip ”Peedy” David

10-14Sep1969