Effluence

• Mabel Liang, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2007

an airy glade, cold,
windsongs break shrill,
gusting breath,
evermore bleak,
sever the heart,
blood flow, let it run,
shine through,
buried truth,
snowfield glisten, mirror to the sky, tranquil time, empty space,
dawn arises,
revitalise me,
rejuvenate,
life arisen,
remember? the joyous chorus, self isolation, reunion?
radiate soul,
cleansing waters,
perpetual stone,
fragmented days,
reminisce,
clarity in memory,
joy in illfortune,
pride in despair,
effluent dreams,
tranquil mind,
live long the moment,
serenity in the heart,
head held high,
fight the glass world,
a friend to me,
o so special are you.