Life may be harsh
and death, more forgiving,
But I have a life to live all the same—
The choice must be mine;
So … Why not?
Love may be bitter
and a loveless life, mournful,
But I must find love all the same—
The choice must be mine;
So … Why not?
Friends may be heartless
and without friends, loneliness,
But friends I must have all the same—
The choice must be mine;
So … Why not?
I was on the right path
and foolhardily ran astray,
But I must get back on track all the same—
The choice must be mine;
So … Why not?
~Contest: Why Not
~Sponsor: John Lawless
Two Poems
Avariciously she wanted to be a poetess
Cryptic colloquial eloquent words possessed
Often elusive eschewed from the theme
Limericks and rhymes avoiding etymology means
She an emissary of exonerated poetry banned
Refused extrication to facilitate an easy read
Hoped the fallowed grounds would lead the thieves
Foolhardily challenged the spies of poetry
Used furtive and feasible ingenious loquacious words
For the myopic poet seeing past opaque platitudes
A potentate poetess unconstrained by rules
Made a prudent decision of quiescent raconteur
The timorous young woman without any means
Observed scant observations of her apparent world
A sense of rectitude despite the rancid rooms
Holding profoundly laud regarding the state of penury
Perhaps, she myopic to any morose situations
A genius idiosyncrasy to others observations
Reading her books extraneous to any interpretations
Choosing eruditions to edify accusing disdains
Definitively making her way, condoning opinions
The cantankerous say.
Escaping reality with ambivalent
Articulate assents by way of academic astute ebullience
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