a world of opposites        a world of opposites surround me round     return to me a single echo of silent sound     a voice unheard, loud and strong     reverberates, vibrates, hums along        the walls of contrast reflect the light     a prism of colors: blind eyes delight     a single hue, from every face     lost then found, chromatic trace        barriers of belief block the way     hindering the path on which I stay     anchored fast to unbelief     frozen stand in endless grief        loveless lovers fill the void     unloved hearts once destroyed     unsung love songs fill the air     some who love but do not care        potent portent future found     past is passed in days unwound     ones forgotten, ones foretold     remembered memories, lies untold        buried treasure, costless find     wealth unmeasured, paupers mined     priceless objects priced to sell     fortune spent on pyrite’s spell      © 2014 ajwrites57   A Long   ❤ ❤ ❤      image:  Joseph M...
"Always be a poet, even in prose." ~ Charles Baudelaire