Troy Jeremy Nelson Poet Free verse

Previously Rethunk

dont remember where i started
what i was trying to say to myself
something to learn, that i had learned
so could push on
spiral out
taking the time to look back
on my own tragic kingdom of thoughts
how do i fix this previous metaphor
add to the poem 
a theme of advice for myself
a note left behind for me to find to myself

rethink it
rework it
a list of the best advice i would give myself
familiar patterns sewn
the weeds grow so i can see where im stuck
it might take time for perfection
but one by one i should rethink them
think of it once more
and leave the unthunk a place to uncover
rethinking what i was thinking
the emotional support to walk without my crutches
to choke down the irony of life's bittersweet insanity
learn to walk on my own again without liquid courage
or a toxicant making me hallucinate
hindsight 2020 getting the best of me
the hunter a sitting duck

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Anonymous Norman February 28, 2010 at 10:36 PM Write then don't read it at all for a month, when you come back your words will suprise you. I too have given up on "liquid courage or a toxicant making me hallucinate" it was not hard, I felt different inside, so I stopped and now I feel like a new person! much love and respect. Lance