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Mother Night

March 1, 2022 by Michael Guerin

The angry sea rages.
Beneath a moonless sky

blasts of chill air whip
whitecaps shore-wards.

Buffeted by ink-black gusts
Mother Night shows me

past roads not taken
and lost possibilities.

The angry sea rages but
I face a stubborn truth

about playing make-believe
and cold reality — how

all roads can’t be taken,
our choices like waves

rippling out in every
direction until crashing

upon the beach
of another person’s shore.

For Kurt Vonnegut
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
– Mother Night

About Michael Guerin

writer, dreamer, lover, seeker. labels never reach the heart of any matter, but they might be a place to start...

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