
Winter Blahs
It’s difficult to write poetry
When you’re dead inside
Everything is lifeless
Everything is irritating
I’m not sure how that happens
Feeling irritation when you’re dead
But that’s when it seems to happen the most
Every little thing
Is like a huge boulder
Dropping on your toes
Over and over again
In some kind of cruel repetition
I hate writing things like this
I hate words like hate and cruel and irritation
I don’t want those kind of contrasts in my life
I don’t want that dark background
Making some supposed light seem brighter
I simply want to enjoy the sunlight again
I simply want to feel the air against my skin
I simply want to feel, feel something
Besides all of this negative bombardment
All of this shrapnel of violence irate
All of this smoldering backwash of hate
I want to feel something besides this
So maybe a death is quite necessary
Maybe a death to all of these things
Will bring forth a life where everyone sings
Everyone plays
Everyone dances
In love and war and long romances
Everyone is who they are to be
Not stuck up in this hollow tree
Hearing nothing but the sound of me
2/18/19
Deep and poignant poetic words so well composed.
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Thank you!
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Welcome
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I like the repetition of sharp unpleasantness being reflected in the words and then the words themselves being reflected on. Although it is a dark message, to me it has a sprinkling of whimsy, particularly in the final couplet. Very enjoyable. PS: great photo
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Thanks so much Steve. I do think there is always some whimsy in everything if we’re willing to look for it. This winter I’ve had to look harder than usual 😊😊😊
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