Wading back into still green waters

For the luxury of denial

A long, savored trail

Back to palaces of sand

–

Turning back

To the  rolling hills of a city

Frozen over in the summer

Within coils of grey

–

Returned to roam

Beneath a skyline’s defiant lights

On the eve of war

Before the reveries’ collapse

–

These hollow worlds

Have spun a long way through the ether

Reclaimed only in the night

Beyond the pull of sleep