Barriers

<b><I>285 Opposites Again</b></p>The shadow</br>having lengthened and widened</br>almost covers the wall.</br>Above</br>a defiant flare of last light</br>subsides in a black of night.</p>It is of small interest to observe</br>that shadow and light</br>are contained within the sun.</br>Are good and evil</br>life and death</br>similarly joined</br>marking other walls</br>waxing and waning</br>endlessly moved by a grander reality?</I></p>The extemporaneously penned verses on the pages of <I>Barriers</I> have been subjected to many revisions by author M. Z. Reed. The labor of editing rereading and sometimes deleting whole sections of words has brought out a clear and accurate portrayal of the meaning imagery meter and rhymes as Reed intended. It's as though he has taken dictation for some interior muse.</p>The true reward for Reed comes to fruition when he runs across a line or image that he considers particularly appropriate. That feeling of surprise and elation can be summed up in one word: treasure. And that is exactly what Reed shares through the poems in <I>Barriers</I>.</p>