Shipwrecked
Words
Waiting beneath
The windows
Wingless
Yet desperate
To fly
From the ghosts
Which drip through
Through the brickwork
Out of the
Shadows
Into the puddles
Rippling with
Whispers
Of life
Opportunity
Hope
Helplessly
Trying
To quick step
And hot foot
Out of and
Into
The fading
Dawn
This place
Is one
Of darkness
Of broken dreams
And careless
Measures
There is no
Lift
To raise these
Restless spirits
No ladder to the
Stars
All the shining
Has fallen
From the sky
And disappeared
Into the heartless pit
Of empty
Cruelty
Self destructive
And spectacular
Is this paradox
This fallen ship
Lost at sea
In search of
The thing
It can't find
Because
It was never
There
In the
First place
