Cracks in Smoke

Dissolving in two's and five's,

a naked dream sits untouched,

till it rises up into the sky

leaving behind a burning,

orange darkness that glows

as it throws wild shadows 

on broken walls.

They say embers may cause burns;

But what of burning shadows

that change and disappear

like clouds on the surface of

a frenzied lake,

disappearing and rejoining

like colourful blocks of a child's toy-world?

Misplaced and abused,

the shivering clouds disappear,

extinguishing cooling embers

With an abrupt hiss of miserable tears

©Geetakshi Arora

January 9, 2014