Persona

I saw him light his hair on fire
While grinning like a maniac;
That week he wandered Autumn's hill,
His eyes declared: "you can't go back."
She tossed a twig on fun'ral pyre;
The rest withdrew to watch it blaze;
The forest paused, so oddly still,
Amidst the insulated days.

Why bother forging memories
That twist and fade beyond the blue?
Why fight for moments none can touch?
Why always move? Why seek the new?
A trillion drops won't fill the seas;
This feeling's lost within the rise;
The ocean's restless 'neath my clutch;
Alone the surface meets the skies. 

--Megan Morris, meikundayo@yahoo.com