imponderable doom <br /> <br />numb <br />as tho from <br />half - remembered nightmare <br />wakening... <br /> <br />scared <br />perhaps too <br />frightened quite to ponder <br />such a thing... <br /> <br />try to be <br />pre-occupied <br />where shadows cast <br />a pall... <br /> <br />of circumstance <br />no one could want <br />the reaper's distant <br />call <br /> <br />for tender child! <br />unreconciled, <br />the mind tossed <br />to and fro <br /> <br />between extremes <br />of broad denials <br />and slight acceptance <br />...tho, <br /> <br />numb <br />still unaccustomed to <br />the shadows where they <br />loom <br /> <br />scared <br />no, terrified! <br />at this imponderable <br />doom.<br /><br />moon batchelder<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/imponderable-doom/
