After The Rain The Pebbles Too Glisten

after the rain
dews still cling on the leaves
glistening,

the pebbles too, but lifeless
still, my heart feels

sympathy, for those in the cold
immobile, wanting to change

but cannot, vision filled,
all unrealized, anticipations

smothered wishes, choked
ambitions, breathless, dead

nerves, numbed existence,
unfeeling, used now

to the brim, unspoken, desires
fettered.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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