Kai Michael Neumann Poet Free verse

Never Assume

she was taken by surprise as she reached a pinnacle of confusion

rather used to hitting the wall this time a mirror blocked her way

‘back to square one’ it seemed to suggest but edgy as she was

it mocked her because she was used to running in skewed circles

whenever an obstacle loomed and there were too many to brace for


‘surely a curved ball reflection’ with magnification and highlights

of the hardship and irritation that had followed her many shadows

‘multiple personalities’ they said but she preferred creative contempt

had struggled with lateral thinking but decided to look at the frame

to halt for a moment from restlessness and in built deconstruction


something began to shift and teased her to inspect the hidden rabbet 

bevelled surrounds might level her attempts to crash again in terror

although anger and paranoia had always been perversely comforting

and she was aware of the dangers of rising to futile levels of hope

curious with nothing to loose though she gathered a last bit of courage


tools of efforts were blunt and rusty she had been screwed for too long

and no stretch of imagination could have prepared her the surprise

at first she thought that she had stumbled on a safe full of treasures

a pot of gold maybe or ancient charted conveyance of how to proceed

instead she walked through a secret passage and never looked back




08th August 2020

♡Like0

Share Poem

---

Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment