Annalinda W. Poet Free verse

Sinkholes - Prophetic

sinkholes

 suddenly slam 

 earth asunder


 do you hear the thunder?

 the rains are coming

 can you sense it in the air?

  
 Chaos everywhere...

 mountains falling

 streams heaving

 rooftops caving

  
 everyone shaving

 parts of themselves clean

 scoured and plastic

 bereft of all real knowledge

  
 standing above

 looking down

 sneering

 clearing the way

 for mediocrity

  

 upholding vile

 impudent waste

 as predominately

 IMPORTANT

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Kim Rodrigues June 25, 2016 at 8:14 AM Understood part of your poem. Lost me in the end. But oh, those images are powerful! Annalinda W. June 25, 2016 at 11:10 AM It's also a bit prophetic. When the "sinkholes" sinking earth happens then things get in a better perspective. I guess that's what I meant;) Annalinda W. June 25, 2016 at 10:58 AM Hi Kim, thank you. This is really just a metaphor about how we uphold unimportant things (looks, materialism,status...) as so important. Thanks again, Linda