to make this one the year that counts
the one that we look back on
the one we dreamed about
& if nothing ever does surmount
i hope we sing a song
a catchy tune with breath throughout
the rain after a ceaseless drought
a long-awaited, inescapable yawn
the “too good to be” discount
we fear we’ll mispronounce
a win when we have won
the fear i now denounce
can’t trust a map to find the route
just wait til weary dawn
it will take everything you’ve been through not to shout
i hope if god rewards devout
then i shall be a blooming spawn -
i’m an honest human seeming clout
and the truths not too profound.
About the Creator
Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH6 days ago in Critique
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"can’t trust a map to find the route" One of life's constant messages. lol. Great work!
The poem is a celebration of the human experience, in all its contradictions and complexities.