I found you among the ashes
and we traded myth for fact
in the dark like lightning flashes
the truth surged in a final act.
Ironic, isn't it, or maybe sad
what you finally learned
now that everything we had
has burned.
As I aged, space did contract
Windows closed, freedom cracked.
I reflected on time wasted, lost
Resentment had a dreadful cost.
The joke is we could have sat
and talked through the situation
If you had faced that
reality involved humiliation.
Self-insight gives perspective
Don't have to be a great detective.
I suppose it's good you turned the page.
We were just a subplot on a larger stage
For in the distance a tsunami comes
A blackness greater than ten suns
Swept clean by a greater rage
Into the jaws of a new dark age.
.
I enlist, in this,
Woven fabric;
Letters combined into words;
Letter of actions verbs;
Each character has their own strand;
Each word their own story;
Forms, subplot, main plot, boldly;
Each and everything;
Every written words glory;
Out of mind viewed through the eyes
Fingers and hands type up the plans…
Neither sailor writer be;
Be it on land or stranded in shallow water;
I shall be a poem-writer;
Tit by tit, this I stand
Bit by bit, letter by letter
Words form in fashion;
I imagine...
Be it on land or stranded in shallow water;
I shall be a poem-writer;
Tit by tit, this I stand for
STRAND
Honorable Mention PLACEMENT IN Contest
2/25/20
For STRAND No 690, Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand |
As you read along
Some stories may have a subplot
There may be a connection of some sort
For others to figure out
This may twist the reader's mind
And bring about a juxtaposition
Dreams and happenings
May enable to enhance one's vision
Plucked from Shakespeare
and plopped in Central Park,
Sturnus vulgaris, the mimic,
conquered New York.
It made it there,
You know it made it everywhere;
The continental stage stolen.
And here on my fence amid this tragedy
To be blessed with a modicum of bliss;
The sparkling spring songster
with his treasured chest pumping
my missing birds song list.
22.04.18
Craig Cornish's
Spring - Poetry Contest
3rd Place
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