New Shores
Reflections on a broken mirror
Shards of life still hanging
Splintered by so many storms
Worn from the years gone by
Still the thoughts are provoked
Is this really all?
No momentous occassions
Or climatic extravagance
Simply tattered memories
Torn and shredded
Like pages in a dull book
Used and tossed curbside
Is this really all?
No cinematic adventures
Or standing ovations
Just the act of being
Never known for more
Never asked for less
Change comes from within
Carry your mirror
No matter how shattered
Or splintered and worn
And shout "Bring me that horizon"
For new shores are just that
New shores
-J Douglas Stephenson, 2010
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Of Dreams and Desolution: The Poetry of J. Douglas Stephenson
PoetryA collection of poems from the mind of J. Douglas Stephenson.