Dan's Journey or adventuring into the sweaty crevice below the underbelly of societyA Poem by William Michael ReevesA fellow caregiver would describe his commute to a client with mental health and abuse issues living in the inner city as traveling through the underbelly of society. I visualized a place deeper than.
The warrior walked...
Walked an uncertain path ...in transit... Every encounter a stone stepped tenuously clinging To the abdominal cliff That led to the sweaty crevice below the underbelly of society. The warrior talked... Talked of psychological math ...in transition... Every word divided by subtracting common sense From the multiple decisions Adding to the verbal menace below the underbelly of society. The warrior balked... Balked at the pharmacological need ...in transmission... Every crime perpetrated by intoxication In his client's cycle of descent Pitched into the precipice below the underbelly of society. The warrior cocked... Cocked and loaded his intellectual weapon ...with ammunition... Every volley felling a reflected enemy In an ethereal mirror Parallel images that surface below the underbelly of society. The warrior mocked... Mocked the multitudes that rose to replace ...in transmunition... Every thought in the progression of recovery Removing obstacles Laughing madly into the face below the underbelly of society. The warrior walked... Walked with his prodigy to a place ...in transit... Every step a seed of hope growing To a tangible way Out of the sweaty crevice below the underbelly of society. © 2021 William Michael ReevesReviews
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2 Reviews Added on November 20, 2021 Last Updated on November 20, 2021 AuthorWilliam Michael ReevesSeattle, WAAboutI live in Seattle. I have been a nurses aide most of my life and my experiences as a caregiver for people with disabilities has inspired much of my poetry. I love the puzzle of poetry. Expression with.. more..Writing
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