Shifting seas beneath,
Waves on waves roll underfoot,
Dormant power sleeps,
Under a blanket of rays,
Dancing shapes aglow,
Breathing light into the wind,
Uncertain colors,
Flickering: a phantom surf,
In silent vigil,
A mirror shattered and drowned,
A slain canopy.
Well that turned dark very quickly...I suppose it wasn't sleep after all... Anyway, I hope it was thought-provoking; it was inspired by the rolling, dappled shadows of a tree outside my window.
A note: this poem is formatted in a five-ku, a new type of poem I invented that expands the 5-7-5 syllable system of the haiku into an 11-line poem. As its name suggests, a five-ku has five 7-syllable lines, the others containing only 5 syllables.
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