They're Winning

selfish

there’s no poetry in me tonight, 

or if there is, I just can’t find it. 

I’m losing the game to myself

by wearing this independence on my sleeve. 

High                   and

    Proud. 

loneliness and self isolation. 

they're different, but how? 

the man laughed 

so hard 

he cried 

I only told him he looked like Richard Attenborough. 

then he talked about his gallbladder 

 

human horses

trotting around

blinkers on their eyes

tiny brains, gasping for air 

smiles so full of 

death 

certainly not life.

recommend a self help 

book 

never bothered to read it myself

only to have it

quoted back to you

do me a favour. 

There’s no poetry in me tonight, 

or if there is, I just can’t find it. 

Reviews

[Fabian Franco]

The imagery is very strong here with a lot of abstract turns of random thoughts moving throughout this piece. Really well done I enjoyed this quite a bit!

[Vatsal Rohilla (account..]

The theme is nice and has been compounded with strong and powerful words. "Smiles so full of death" -really deep and touching. I like the work. Keep writing.

[Autonomous]

Poetry is just an expression of thoughts and emotions but it can be so hard to put those thoughts and emotions back into one message. This poem perfectly captures the essence of the mind working through something, not a simple poem but a depiction of your own life. Not a poem but poetry in motion. Well I hope you get what I'm trying to say, I often tend to lose a point as I try to express it. Anyway, keep up the great work!

[Kirsty Woodward]

I get what you're saying perfectly. Thanks for commenting.