Lost Search

I sat within myself one day
and saw my spirit rise
and weave a blade of searing fire
before my sleeping eyes.
I felt my weary mind awake
and cast off fetters deep
and leave the cell my thoughts had made
with manacles of sleep.
I looked with famished eyes and ears
for signs that I could trust,
but all I found was sad deceit
that turned my hopes to dust.

 

 
Gary Beck spent most of his life as a theater director and has 11 published chapbooks and 6 published poetry collections with 6 more accepted for publication. His novels include: Extreme Change, Acts of Defiance, and Flawed Connections and a short story collection, A Glimpse of Youth. He lives in NYC.