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Touching Reality [Published at Poetry.com]
I see the silhouette
behind the veil.
A suggestion. A hint. A
promise.
No other information. No
paper trail.
An ugly beast or a
winsome miss?
A glimmer of light fights
the shadow.
An inkling of hope. The
birth of a dream.
Who or what will step up
to say hello?
A source of agony or a
friend supreme?
Do I run from the
prospect of pain
or wait for an uncertain
happiness?
Will I get to revel in my
gain
or rue the moment that
led to sadness?
I step forward to unmask
reality.
Foolhardy, perhaps, or
wise?
Loss of ten or gain of
twenty?
Dank basement or sunny
skies?
Reality's mask I did not
expect.
At first afraid, I then
did see,
The shine beneath the
rust.
Not sandy desert, but
expansive sea.