We all fear something.
Mine is fear of self.
Running, hiding, whirling, twirling,
In the bed, under the bed, out of bed,
Never getting away.
She follows me, laughing.
Mocking me.
Voices from two different directions.
Taunt me.
Tease me.
Kick me.
Please me.
We all have something.
Labels.
Laughter.
Hear mine.
More laughter.
No one knows it is mine.
Do I tell?
What good would it do?
Would it change their opinion?
Not in the least.
People do not change.
Like their people labels.
It keeps them safe.
Normalizes them.
What about me?
Self screams.
She kicks me in the head.
I resign myself.
We all have something we fear.
Alliteration always awesome
Ballad beyond barnyard basics
Crystalline calls careful consonants,
Diamante delivers deeply
Enthusiasm excites eager ears,
Fanciful frolicking faerie
Generously gives grateful glee
Hyping haiku to heavenly heights,
Imagery and imagination
Jubilantly jumping joyfully,
Kimo kindles king-sized kingpin,
Lamenting the lily-livered lunacy
Momentous muse modulates melody,
Necromancer normalizes Neverland,
Opulent Opalescent orchestras opt
To pollute poetry previously pristine.
Quixotic quorum of questioners
Respond and recover rhymes rapidly
Serendipitous sentimentality
Turns timely tanka traitorously toward
Unmistakably understated Uranus,
Vindicating verses vilifying Vashti.
Whacking wannish warblers west,
‘Xaggerating ‘Xtemperaneous X’tra special poems
Yet yielding a yeomanly yearning toward
A zealous zany zingaroo of zest.
Autumn leaves in glorious reds and yellows
Under the guidance of brown Mother Nature
Trees shiver as their leaves desert them
Unique patterns of leaf play on the ground
Much excitement as school normalizes
Nocturnal owls add ambiance to the night
Merriment at homecoming dances
A bonfire greets the football players
Great in its performance warming the chilly,
Illustrious cooling weather patterns
Cleansing the earth pallet before winter
Written 9-8-2018 Beautiful Fall Acrostic Sponsor: John Hamiliton