DREAMERS OF THE DAY
By Poornima Peiris
Dreamers of the day
Adorning ourselves in dawn
We ride into the night
Knowing of no tomorrow
Faintly aware
Of slippery pathways
With the wind wrapped around our fingers
And carelessness guiding our every move
Our young forms sipping midnight songs
In quarter note melodies
And attempting high pitch waltzes
Through dismantled thoughts,
while concrete borders
jinx our benedictions,
while lacing maledictions upon our faces
Erasing our names written across ocean waves
Capturing phantoms from an early world
Lost in depth and didactic dimensions
Singing of endangered freedoms and guardian angels.
15th August, 2017