- Eye To Eye

Lavender ladders
Are damp but sure.
Lead past
Charred barbed borders,
Ivory seas,
Swirling hazel clouds,
Glazed by battle worn sentries.
Drafty windows
Couldn't cost more to fix.
Gems are too silent,
Fool me no more
Than butterfly wings.
Troubled ascent,
Head held down
To the sun.
Head up, please,
Lend me a place to rest.