Why Is It

The long days spent languishing over someone else’s ideas and dreams leave me too worn out to visit my own.

Is it some sort of humor that I don’t get?

Memories of the times looking forward into the lights of the oncoming; I feel all those gone before, yet I'm still alone. 

The american dream, but unable to awaken yet.

Bright eyes of children holding on to every word as though it may truly give insight, but deeper looks are required.

A future set out, but the price is never fully explained.

Elders sifting memories and garbage, trying to find what it was that they left behind - hungry, abandoned and tired.

Somewhere a place must exist, where honesty is less strained.

I’ve never learned to dance when I can’t hear the music that the band is playing; tho I wish I could.

When I was younger I never thought it would be like this.

When the day is done you dread holding those long conversations with your thoughts, but wish it would do some good. 

In this time of plenty, and yet so much emptiness.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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Gregory Avatar
March 26, 2022 at 8:31 AM
hidden are all the things worthwhile, while push infront are those that confuse and doubt creating. nice write
Cummings Avatar
May 22, 2023 at 7:08 PM
Thank you Weston, sharing what is in the heart and mind and meeting other hearts and minds who feel the same is a blessing.
Seeker Avatar
March 21, 2022 at 11:38 PM
Time to infuse a bliss vivified current in consciousness! Deep write here, kevin
Cummings Avatar
May 22, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Thank you - pouring our hearts into the verse helps us cleanse
Duncan Avatar
March 20, 2021 at 10:47 PM
Nice words, but so sad .
Cummings Avatar
November 2, 2021 at 7:10 AM
Mission accomplished. The purpose was to make people feel something. I pray that it nurtures a desire for hope and a brighter day.
Peck Avatar
March 17, 2021 at 12:19 PM
Your poems say so much, Kevin. It is a sad world. I long for the days that are gone, and I don't know how to fix the days that are.
Cummings Avatar
November 2, 2021 at 7:11 AM
Ann, thank you for commenting. Solutions begin by recognizing that one is needed.
Lamoureux Avatar
March 17, 2021 at 11:07 AM
I think honesty is reserved for the very young and old. That’s why they relate so well to each other. There is a freedom that comes from not worrying what others think. In time I might achieve that state. A very good contemplative write. Welcome to the soup.
Cummings Avatar
November 2, 2021 at 7:12 AM
Thank you Richard. I have enjoyed contributing and reading others work - such as yours.
Wortman Avatar
November 2, 2020 at 6:33 PM
A brutally honest depiction of the shackles of american fallacy. Mentally damning. Soul crushing
Cummings Avatar
November 4, 2020 at 11:16 AM
Thank you Kyler. It continues to grab me each time I read it.
Quigley Avatar
October 27, 2011 at 8:48 AM
No one ever thought it would be like this when we were younger. And the place you seek, where honesty is less strained, is within and is spoken by your lines on a page. Well done.
Cummings Avatar
February 8, 2018 at 10:38 AM
Bob, thank you. Your support and insights are appreciated. Blessings
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