Mazed

We toast, applaud, with pride of our success.

In cheer, embraced, we dance into the night.

With radiance, chromatically we dress,

To promenade, our love parade, our right.

***

The street lamps bow, they fade, the sun attacks.

Alone and mute the littered lanes I roam.

Azure skies, damned to die, by Nimbus black.

My prison gate does await, I am home.

***

A tik-tock clock beats echoes in my cell.

Old joy and tears collide, a ripping tide.

Our bonds absconded, separations hell.

Entombed, our time, the month of pride has died.

***

Rise up, my friends and be no longer mazed.

Let’s damn the clock and lead a new parade.