1. <br /> <br />Youthful thoughts of hope serge through my veins; <br />Boiling and bubbling ghastly up to the strain, <br />Clear-sighted visions merge as I shut my eyes <br />Of a lark hovering in the snow white sky, <br />Twittering and its wings flapping in a mystic joy; <br />Clouds dancing naked: no fear, not coy. <br /> <br />Vessels on the blue gliding gently but drifting afar; <br />On the other verge shines the evening star, <br />Shades fall, Sun disappearing with its light and heat, <br />Shifting my senses as destined into the pit. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />Suddenly growls out the twister, the sea begins to roar: <br />Myself shattered, stunned with the impulse of drastic horror. <br />All bravery lost, despair broods, courage does fail; <br />I'm forlorn, entrapped in that sooty, demonic pail. <br /> <br />Glazes of strength turn vague, my flaring pulse gets numb, <br />Gulped down in that vast darkness, the tongue comes dumb; <br />Promptly deprived of every sight, my heart cannot bear... <br />Still no gush, no voice, no diction to make others hear.<br /><br />Rex Islam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ah-the-dumb-tongue/