Time stretches
taut as
a drumskin,
each passing syllable
a vibrating membrane
with the,
longed for
hoped for
prayed for..
Time stretches
beyond the horizon
each immeasurable step
further from
the vanishing point
of the,
longed for
hoped for
prayed for..
Time stretches
until,
until,
looping in
on itself
deus ex machina
the longed for
the hoped for
the prayed for..
Deliverance
FOOTNOTE:
In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely evacuated.
