Broken Boundaries

Share the New Year with the old

compare the bright shiny newness

as a copper penny rolling forth

light as a feather in substance and quality

I give thought to the shifting tides

wondering how patience can be turned into a dagger

pulling through me a decade at a time

I see shiny idealism

and wish for my own

passions intermingled and stifled

ignited and put to shame in a breath

I hide my face as you mock the truths I have shared

wanting more than I can give you

not understanding

that although you crossed the line

it still exists