My Kryptonite

Shyness, more than usual, had been my core kryptonite! Innocent me! Like a panda bear, in my boyhood! Bright! Girlish, the grown-ups crowned me! An inauspicious floret! Praying: May boldness breathes in me by the Holy Spirit!! Youthfulness, like a peacock, expressed blissful boyishness! Cherished, as in a colorful garden, in joyousness! There entered, as though foul eagles, the puritan grown-ups! Blowing up every flaw of mine in colorful close-ups!! Then, the kryptonite of my unwillingness to marry! As I felt, I need not have heavy burdens to carry! There crept in, the vultures, questioning my male potency! Laughed! Abandoned me at the hands of divine destiny!! A fallacy, like an unknown big bug, entered my brain! Or a mess, hell-like, hidden by grown-ups, for greater gain! Link of truth, broken betwixt my, fantasies and person! Or elements, like messy knots, leading me to treason...!! All these kryptonite, were not like black kraits, life-consuming! But something unknown went within me was very glooming! Though the meaning of life, like permanent flowers, blooming! Dejections... despairs..., day after day, dignity dooming!! Heavy drinking, nay, my drunkenness, lo, held its head high! Like a fallen man’s land-hit-head, looking up to the sky! Friends, angels of greed, no gain from me, left far from my sight! Alcoholism, though an excuse, became my kryptonite! 07 October 2021 YOUR KRYPTONITE Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Anthony Biaanco