All greatness,
All of life's meaning,
All purpose
Held in the babies hand
Held in the babies skill,
Held in the 5th blocks willingness to stack
Carefully the baby rose the block
Carefully the baby laid the roof of the tower,
Carefully the 5 blocks crumbled down.
The baby learns that the 5th block is impossible,
The baby question if it is wrong,
The baby realizes that it is its own lack of skill.
Retry the same game
Retry the same strategy
Retry the same tools.
Same results,
Same anger,
Same feelings of self depreciation.
The game doesn't teach us creativity,
The game doesn't teach us stability,
The game teaches us insanity and familiarity to failure.
Round and round we go,
the day won't last.,
it keeps a secret you can't hide..
no, can't hide it.
Eagle sent to eat my liver-
renewed each night..
Will Zeus feel remorse and forgive
me..,
giving her my fire.
Round and round again,
a captured cuckold heart..
touching that crocodile smile,
left behind right from the start.
Bring those baby rose lips..
you know I never blame them.
Eyes to breast lie fixed,
Winking laugh knowing,
there's no shame in.
O, I remember,
as I look at our photo collection;
those sweet days of our last December,
from our happy smiles life looked like perfection.
We hid our pain,
to keep us from going totally insane;
here we are smiling with our friend,
see how easily we could pretend.
O, I remember,
going for walks hand in hand;
and the beautiful leaves of September,
now, at our child's grave alone I stand.
As the wind blows,
I lay down a perfect white baby rose;
not long ago you left for your own rest,
to have had you, I was blessed.
O, I remember,
meeting you for the first time;
yes, it was on a chilly day in November,
each day with you was beautiful and sublime.
I have no regrets,
although broken my heart never forgets;
we do not get to plan the path of our life,
it is carved by destiny with a knife.
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September 4, 2018
Poetry/Rhyme/O, I Remember
Copyright Protected, ID 18-1058-184-01
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
Contest - Remember
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