John Lawless Poet Verse

I Quit

I QUIT!!

Just for a moment
every now and then
I tender my resignation,
tell the boss to go to hell.

Revolt….against……everything
righteously skewer everyone,
succumb to the vile distortions
obliterating all beauty.

Just for that moment – sink
into a pit of despair – wallow
in the bile of hopelessness – rage
against the devolution of man.

Just for a moment – I cry
lost tears searching for their pain,
I curse – the scorching, squalid, spit
of lifeless prayers – and pray-ers.

Moments pass as moments do
condemned to move on – to renew
for moments cannot quit- nor can I
as I am in – and of – each moment.


John G. Lawless
2/4/2016

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Eileen Manassian February 12, 2016 at 6:01 PM Wow! It's good that you are SO in touch with your feelings. This is a superb write....Love the pray-ers bit. Really glad that you are in and of each moment. :) John Lawless February 13, 2016 at 6:45 AM Eileen, a mentor of mine told me years ago that "there is only this eternal present moment"

A Yorkshire Poet February 12, 2016 at 4:56 PM Been there. Thought that. Well written. Good luck. Cheers. John Lawless February 12, 2016 at 5:30 PM Thanks for stopping by to read and comment