The Other Side pp 2036 MMP

we 'mark' indifference with our teachings
and dream of flower's beneath the breeze
with calloused hands we cup the sunlight
and pray for the reigns we'd hoped to seize

the days from yesteryear fade slowly
upon a blade of grass the 'dew' declines
and fevered kisses turn up missing
upon dark roads dust grows and climbs

a fabled future shows no mercy
fate cannot promise all in haste
so while we wait beside the roadways
we challenge 'hope', so brief, so chaste

if we hold 'truth' up like a banner
we come to stand for friends and foes
for the wider world is like a 'forest'
where amber rays turn leaves aglow

we 'mark' indifference with our teachings
while gazing 'outward' beyond the breach