Inconquerable Poems | Examples

Just Part of the Crowd

I have plucked the glory of the brightest star
and came close enough to touch its fingers,
searched the realms that inhabit its womb
or even felt that wildly young adult passion, 

that I was inconquerable at  21,,, 30
maverick and  a trail-blazer, yet present life
leaves me smaller options in this new generation...
a personal résumé now  gauged by the sum 
of all my human inadequacies and lost challenges 
against mythical idols, godly super-heroes of a work-force,
of a pop culture that in a quest like a holy grail,


I strive to find myself in this new decade, writhing inside
my very core; hiding as a porcelain doll, 
face unmoved---just following the crowd:
Fuelled by relentless doubt, I have no name
which can define my worth as a mature woman--

a mediocre artist, a reluctant lover needing to taste 
the fire of life after being swallowed by cliché- roles.

Moths nibble my pores, staining my 90s graduation dress...
while the luminous star of individuation passes me by 
in a flash as if to leave me naked again, 


infertile among  dry weeds.





Contest for Silent One
'That was Then This is Now     1/24/2019