The Audacity of Mortality

I wrote this after the idea of Superman syndrome that kids fave.

Hey, Pops

I climbed a tree today

to see if could

I knew what you would say

and it's not that I should

But, pops

I learned a lot from today

That bark leaves blisters

pine needles prickle

the smell smothers me

Also pops

I discovered today

that I'm afraid of falling

and just like mothers vase

that I kicked over last year

my bones can break 

like that shattered glass

my skin will split 

like my ears when mother screamed

and I know this time I won't survive. 

Author's Note

Hows this make you fell?

Reviews

[Relic]

When I was young, there was a comedy show on TV called F-troop. If you look on youtube you can probably see the opening of that show. There's a tower that falls and a soldier falls out of it. Guess what I tried to do off my porch. :)

I didn't break anything but I had pain for days after. This poem reminded me of not only that experience but the fact that reality is much different than what we imagine in our heads.

There's a feeling within this that portrays that reality in kind of a sad way. The youth in us will betray us if we're not careful.

Good poem Kitten.

Kitten. I just heard a song by R.E.M today that had that word in it but its dirty so I won't reveal it. :)

[Kathrine Rethorn]

Thank you very much! Iv'e had similar experiences of a hard hit of reality. I just wished to expess it. Im glad you enjoyed the poem!