Poetry Solace: Of nothing and shadow

Two more poems from M.L. Liebler as mentioned in my earlier post.. Enjoy!

Nothing Within

Listen, I understand nothing.

I have sat inside away

From this dampness

To keep my soul dry.

Waiting and waiting,

I look for the sun to evaporate

These haunted shadows of rain.

Listen, I am not making this up.

I have no ideas anymore.

I have studied these clouds closely,

Looked deep into each drop of rain,

Prayed for a respite from the weather

Of myself, and all I feel are occasional

Somber breezes. My soul is

Locked in the outside,

Where I keep listening

For my heart’s beat.

The Loneliness of a Shadow

I am sleeping

In a meadow

In this green world.

Dreaming, I fall

Into black

And white photos—

Motionless and asleep.

In this picture, a

Background creek rises

Along the shadow

Of a shoreline traced in

The chalk ghost of myself.

For those interested in reading more of his poems, check out his poem collection, Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream... 

Have a fun weekend! Be good and safe! :)