Thursday, March 22, 2018

Dandelions ~ Thursday, 22 March 2018

I'm tired I'm tired I'm tired
of living day to day
without meaning or pay

Am I asking too much
if I say what career
after thirty plus years

Making it just barely
with the help of family
my ex-wife my girlfriend

Try as I might to crack
the secret to success
the code gets in the way

Ignorant of my lack
of knowledge in certain
fields I lack expertise

Real certification
as a poet requires
I open my deaf ears

Entirely to smoke
to whispers in the dark
to noise made by the wind

Deaf to the world of sound
I hear only the sky
the stars the ancient light

Ask and they will deceive
my most gullible mind
with games that never cease

Demand the truth and lies
rise like dandelions
despise their lack of wit

Mention the past like flames
to pass through memories
no one will recognize

Incriminate themselves
they choose to plead the fifth
whether or not they slit

Rooster's neck matters not
I must reshape the past
reconstruct a disguise

Even if I admire
their power from afar
it won't help win the fight

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