Can You See

"Can You See"

Stop for a moment.
Take a look at me.
Take a long hard look.
I wonder. Can you see?

Can you see the faded dreams?
Can you taste the fallen tears?
Can you hear the tired soul?
Crushed by weight of years.

Can you smell the ash?
Where hope burned bright.
Can you touch what now remains?
The flame with no more light.

d
02/12/2006