The situation is getting worse
when one fails to grasp
what others truly want
signs of agreement
may appear on their faces
but the mirrors of their hearts
Reflect upon their glass
traces of hesitation
and withdrawal.
So he retreats
into the sanctuary of his own life
while others go to their separate ways
bearing in the deepest
of their souls
the thorns and boxthorn
of their pain sorrow,
and brokenness
severed from a reality
Full of the dust and grit
of suspicion doubt
and defeat
