Moments reclaim me
And replenish my mind
With the scalding wraith of sorrow

Reborn into distress
I adhere to the movements
The merciless cull
Of past refrains

I retreat
Into the violent throes of boyhood
The menacing toll of schooldays
That once dragged me along

I yearn resurface
From the frost bitten shackles
Of the day’s
I’ve foregone
With determined haste