I was away from sleep <br />like a paper boat on concrete <br /> <br />Standing atop the lights <br />the wind sifts through the blight <br /> <br />Their cares resembled mine; <br />flimsy, almost less a dime <br /> <br />There is a shy beauty – <br />remain the way you are <br /> <br />Did you speak of a page <br />torn from a familiar book? <br /> <br />Stay away from the clangor <br />of this perfidious story <br /> <br />I bury my head <br />in the light of this lamppost <br /> <br />Quelling the flames <br />that sweltered the wings of hope <br /> <br />Swimming in dream and sea <br />I stifle at the woe in my throat <br /> <br />Like a moonshine veiled in clouds <br />I’ll preserve this memory.<br /><br />Norman Santos<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/silently-15/
