Best Appertaining Poems
We claim to love
but foolish pride swallows apologies
wrecks reconciliation and forgoes forgiveness
rendering sweetness bitter
it is an emotional hoarder
an insatiable sin
incessantly collecting resentment
commoditizing the priceless
bankrupting unity and burning optimism to ashes
it is an assassin’s bullet shattering the windows to the soul
it is a death kiss
pernicious and ubiquitous
convinced of its infallibility and yet
the ego is a manifold deception
a blindfold masquerading an x-ray
high octane recklessness eviscerating progress
it is arrogance mimicking affirmation
lending mystery to the vacuous
self-centered gibberish
rippling into infinity
and stripping love of its gist
it is delusions of grandeur
parading naked through town square
and fooling the fool alone
apocalyptic atrocities
appalling altercations
apt… apparitions
alluding… appertaining
annihilation achieved
Nature
"Mother Earth can't dance" they say
"Wind can't make a difference" they say
they don't take time to appreciate Nature
Look close with your eyes and nose
The highs and lows
For their is more to nature that comes to sight
But to their surprise they might be a fright
Experience the feeling of the light
but not to the despair of the night
Nature can ignite
The spark that holds your sight.
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