deep currents

May 11, 2018 by Michael Guerin

flash frozen like a fourth phase of water
bound within two walls and found
nearly everywhere though unseen
like ice crusting over a lake
hiding darker currents
which still flow fast and deep
as they do when in sleep
and those dreams you dare to keep
that take you out of the present
moment to land you on your feet
in a world of make believe.

or those scenes burned within a heart
which get replayed in your mind
a thousand times a day
when there’s nothing left to say
and there’s nothing that you’d change
and there’s no one near to hear
the secrets that you keep
in currents running deep.