A Whisper in the Dark

Oh yea who judge be prepared to be judged in hell!

A Whisper in the Dark

Not simply judge and jury

but hangman too!

How easy to be critical,

to globalise and

be a catastrophist

with no references,

no taking of true triangulations.

No assessment of the compass,

moral or otherwise.

Tis not me who has lost my way

in the gloom,

but you who would see

a one dimensional world,

a flat life

devoid of the complexities,

and simply idyllic

to the point of poetic delusion.

You offer the impossible,

beauty beyond the comprehension

of rational man,

and yet you are aloft,

adrift and unobtainable.

Ships are lost at sea,

sailors perish,

to such siren songs.

 

28/11/17

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Wonderful use of words and I liked the story inside the poetry. Good ending to the amazing poetry my friend John.
Coyote

[Einstein Noodle]

i get hints of this being more than about judging ..but thats kind of how i tend to be ...too much introspection at times but this
"to globalise and
be a catastrophist
with no references,"
puts your poem's subject into a much broader realm ...then with nothing to really go by, your speaker drifts and falls into the void .. drowned at sea ... and this line:
"to the point of poetic delusion." very interesting point all by itself .. makes me take stock of me self ... fro me you have bundled up some of those complexities into your poem John ... stimulating read ...lots of stuff in there
E.

[wordman]

i guess if we walked in their shoes we may have a different attitude

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Perhaps so Ron but who knows. Many thanks.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

people need to be their own judge and jury....they are too wrapped up in cases that don't have anything to do with them...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I agree Jacob, many thanks.