Shadows Lurk

listen closely these tender buds with leaves that shield careful for those winds that sow dreadful hints of miscontent why hesitate, must we wait relax, all that glitters is not what you think you see shimmering sparkles beyond the hue what makes us think we could taste and touch. look again at how they've moved faded even from our dismal view whispers circle closer listen as they clamor their language unfamiliar we struggle most unexpectedly as rocks fill our open hands while water runs right through is this all we're left here with these dreams that crumble inside the lines that hide these meanings, if we only knew the red dawn drew away and left us gasping unlike before when hope surrounded and cups were full the key, we need the key without it, we shall surely stall and into where, we cannot know these dreams as yet untold...