Eruptions
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6/25/2025 for volcanic eruption of the soul Poetry Contest sponsored by Kai Michael Neumann
It's percolating from below.
If lava ain't allowed to flow,
you'll see something more abrupt.
One day, it must erupt.
A pompous, boring oration
continuing without cessation -
trying to listen to what he said,
a fly has landed on his bald head.
Trying to suppress thereafter,
impossible, you burst into laughter.
An injustice, and you start to boil.
It seems like such a heavy toll.
As you try hard to keep your peace,
it struggles for release.
Like a kettle filled with steam,
you can't stop it, and you scream.
Maybe, it's not entirely proper,
a genteel lady and a sharecropper,
but, with this impassioned lust,
if it must be, then, well, it must.
Spurred on by a little brandy,
a closet comes in handy.
It could be a poem or piece of art
locked up tightly inside your heart,
a message, you feel you must impart -
is it dead before it can start?
No, my dear, it continues to live,
until, your gift, to the world you give.
Authorities can suppress the truth -
rulers, teachers, influencing youth,
who slowly grow up and bide their time,
appearing to all to toe the line.
It may take a while, but without fail,
the truth will, one day, prevail.
It's percolating from below.
If lava ain't allowed to flow,
you'll see something more abrupt.
One day, it must erupt.
Copyright © David Crandall | Year Posted 2025
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