Kerplunk

Sometimes we get stuck in place
And all the dreams we used to chase
Have vanished, so it’s time to face
The fact our world has shrunken.

The plans and goals we’d once embrace
Have left without a single trace
And looking forward, we must brace
For hopes, once high, now sunken.

However, there’s a saving grace – 
We simply have to slow our pace
As lofty futures we erase,
Not letting any funk in.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Wolf Avatar
May 29, 2022 at 4:10 PM
Love the title: Here we go -- "Kerplunk" ~ Swan-Diver
Watt Avatar
May 28, 2022 at 10:50 PM
I've been enjoying your tail-rhyme scheme this week... an apt depiction of mid-life crisis, but with a hopeful solution in stanza three - very nicely stated!
Leffanta Avatar
May 28, 2022 at 8:34 PM
The way governments react, our world is shrinking VERY fast! Aloha!
Elless Avatar
May 28, 2022 at 12:23 PM
That is very nicely done. Nice job. It moves Ang flows. Very nice rhyme.
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