What's In A Name?

 Measure

as another star

falls gently from a heaven

lost to night

and fires

a timid sea

with

just a trace

of madness

echoing as light

Another measure

and the truth

lies...

thus obscuring seeds

of wonder and a deeper way

with maritime obscenity

and portraits of another time

Wait

upon a whim

a fading central core

of wonder

wrung with tender pity

and an element of shame

Rain

or tears from eyes

that seem to cry....

~Penelope~