Caveats of Carpe Diem

When the sinking feeling rises
	He hopes it floats on rainbow bubbles
                 Until the dredges clear once more

What ifs have not buts they simply are
	A luxury or misdemeanour in thought
		 Crystal clear reflections upon blind sight

In sleepless nights with tokens of meaning
	When consciousness meets disarray
		 Confabulations take their stride

Spooling endless loops that irritate when midnight
	Meets dawn before dusk in empty synchronicity
		 With heartless spikes filled with fearful dread

A restless dagger rides the grinder
	Leaves inroads for another day as
		 The plateau sweeps away foundations

Yet privilege adorns the many building sites
	Of birthing life and mounting connotation
		 In the wilderness of dissipate surrender

Acceptance clears the buoyancy of drowning
	When down is up and far way is near enough
		 And the jester tackles the charades of doubts

It is a circus in the mind field of masks and jingles
        In which procrastination smiles upon the clown
		 And lonely laughter smirches pandemonium

When the fool turns jokester and uncovers madness
	As serenity brings what not ifs into the fold of light
		 Moments of insomnia are but a tiny price to pay

10th December 2019

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 12/11/2019 3:51:00 AM
Aha and again I'm back to congratulate you on your win my friend!;)
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 12/12/2019 4:15:00 AM
Thank you Brenda. I very much appreciate that. Kind wishes, Kai
Date: 12/10/2019 9:46:00 AM
Excellent. Sometimes they just write themselves, don't they?
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Kai Michael Neumann
Date: 12/11/2019 4:38:00 AM
Thank you Kim. They do. I ponder about a first line...and then the keyboard is rattling. Kind wishes, Kai
Date: 12/10/2019 5:09:00 AM
Well penned Michael. Thanks for sharing this
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Date: 12/10/2019 7:05:00 AM
Hi Gregory. Thank you for reading and commenting. As you may have guessed, I sort of woke up with this poem ...
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