This dream of my youth
Needing to be loved widely
This thing: “Popular“
Tag: Poetry
The Freshman Suicide
A freshman committed
Suicide
Died last night,
I hear the wail
Of robbed potential,
The silent home
A room, empty,
Where homework
Should be studied,
Driving lessons
Rehashed,
Proms planned,
Eventually weddings, childbirth
Joyful transition
Parent
To grandparent,
Planning OUR funerals,
Not of a child.
Funerals for children
Brutal
Life is fragile.
On Writing
I entertained other paths
Other work
But this remains strong
I guess I cannot
Escape
Thus I should
Surrender
Into,
Then through,
My fear
Only I shall remain
Ease of Waking
I find it far easier
Waking to poetry
Than to news
Finding Beauty
In these days
Where ugliness is glorified
There are moments of beauty
Which make my soul sing
Interdependence
Independence fails
There’s so much more, please look to
Interdependence
Pablo Neruda
Neruda’s poems
Make my heart sing
His words echo
Through my soul
An evening, training
This evening was spent
With dearest friends that I love
Training: my passion
Nature’s not mocked
Nature’s not mocked
For she holds all the power
We are but trifles
Strangeness surrounds us
Strangeness surrounds us
So much unbelievable
Such a crazy life
Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 