"Station 19, India 1944" Pencil, Charcoal, Acrylics on Illustration Board, 2011 Terrence L Cope

Grey mist of trees that line the banks

A wind that whips the oceans ‘round

Inside the currents, Indigos and half-light,

The bodies, silhouetted marionettes

Glide just below the ocean’s edge

Gentle hands that clutch the tender threads

hollowed eyes peer eternal, buried in their strife

And your children dine on table scraps, hand me downs

The gift of those who took it all

When you were trying to prove yourself

When it was you who sacrificed …. at the building of the wall.

"Happy Jacks Go Buggy" 24x36 Pencil on Gessoed Multimedia Board by TL Cope

I sit in a room

no window in sight

and Stare at this puzzle

that's nailed to the wall

All the pieces are black

In the dark there's no light

I.LL SIT ALL ALONE

and keep it together

YET the Pieces they fall

and WITH aLL my might

I can't keep it whole

I can't make it right