The Observer

Fulfillment is his game;
he cannot name another choice
that would enhance a life so lost
in love of all that he surveys.

The beloved too will fail, for he
must lose the trail, in his indifferent quest
to understand--

I for one, would welcome it,
for coming to the close of fantasy and life,
I'd sing not requiem, but celebration.
Enhancement finally takes place
with a shoulder's shrug.
              ~
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Mills-Kelly Avatar
April 17, 2014 at 12:49 AM
I really love this piece...great work
Ludden Avatar
April 17, 2014 at 9:41 AM
Thanks, Debbie. I don't know if I do, or not. It was a kind of experimental thing, that unfolded far from my original intent. Don't know quite what to make of it, myself.
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