poem – Page 2 – Liferaft in the Abyss

Myself, Included

Do I care about individual grains of sand? Humanity and human knowledge Is said to be vast, but Is no larger than a grain of sand. For all your glory you are nothing human. Myself included.

….try, try again.

Of course…. Can you anyone Win against mother nature? Just when you righted yer’ rudder, A freakish wave cums through, Doing what you’ve Done: Ride along. Ah, well…. If you don’t succeed….

I don’t know how Many times I’ve met my dancer. I didn’t go to my school prom, so didn’t die in the fire the night…. I think I saw him in the eyes of a twelve year old Black boy with a .38, HIV at age 24, gone in six months. And as I age,Continue reading “Dance date”

Sinking ship

The floor is wet, my feet are cold. I can feel the ship sinking, then remember Our tree outside, The one we planted together. The lake now embraces it’s trunk….

Laundry blues

This morning mylaundry bag developeda large hole,spilling myclean laundryas I crosseda busy street. After I driedI discovered threesocks missing…. But life ain’t hard….. it’s the living thatwill kill yah’!

Stagnant

There was once constant flow, then earthquakes and tsunamis happened. The flows changed directions, civilization collapsed. River flows of algae feed seas of tears. No one is free.

My problems with Jesus….

He was born with nothing,only to die and become (a) god(?) He was used as a bat upon my body and head. Made me feel lesserthan my neighborand burn me in hellfor blazing myown path? Real or not,I will neverfollow you. l rather mix andmatch,fillingMySelfwithYing….

Uncrusted

Accumulation upon, accumulation Of barnacles, rust and assorted minerals scrubbed away by sun shine laid him bare. A salamander dying in the sun….

I can’t tell you what day it is, a poem.

I used to think it was yesterday, but my calendar tells it’s today. But today is rather gloomy, with pictures of past winters, faded old leaves under the snow….

And the wheel goes round and round….

Bringin’ down my fixedbayonet,I just missed your heart,a vision of killing youover andover again. Haven’t I won this war? I sat victorious in mydecaying throne room,the sandsmy only company? Only it ain’t earth,but Mars,My long lost deadBrother comingback formore….