Student Publishing Program ::

Allison Scott

Eyes

That endless ocean stares back at me
Me, breathless and miles away
So cold to those churning waves of sea-green

Heart at the precipice
But feet fixed somewhere in oblivion
The pulsing soul of the unconscious mind
Stuck in limbo

Stuck inside the physical space of the body
So desperate to escape into infinity

That spirit, beating at the glass
Glowing in the window of the mind

I watch that glow

And catch my breath as I plunge
Into a blind night
To a cliff where sky meets the sea

And the wind encloses my body
To whisper their secrets
So I may glimpse past the heavens

And my essence can dance into nihility

[TABLE OF CONTENTS, LHS CLASS OF 2011 EDITION]