Poetry – Page 174 – Carl Setzer: Word Shaper

Transformations

My child prepares
The next journey
Of schooling
A single step
This new world

Transformation

Intimidates some
Others feel promise
Some blend them
Strange balance

What cowardice is
Letting fear define your life
Compassion stolen

Feeling exhausted

Just not sleeping very well

And I don’t know why

Boys training
Football season nears
Air cooler this morn
And wet fog upon glass
Autumn’s inevitability
Soon, so soon

Physical beauty
That lacks depth internally
Emptiest of gifts

Searching in the dark
You’ll find love hiding
In the corner
Impish grin upon
Its face

Massive ignorance
Even if we learn daily
So much left to learn

Driving office-wards
The driver’s disconnection
Obliviousness

I find it far easier
Waking to poetry
Than to news

I know anxiety lies

Now to embrace it