100 Poems on Identity 16-20A Chapter by John Fredrick CarverNo. 16-20 of 100 poems on what it is to be who and what one is.No. 16
Where once there was not a thing to behold at all Someone loved me surrounding me with care They placed their faces in my mind to recall And I learned reality came from someone somewhere, They etched weird little bunnies in my mind They taught me colors like red, yellow and blue To be good and not cry and even to be kind And that lies were false and that the truth was true, And I learned that without zero one could not be That nothing was just as real as anything That it was real though something you could not see And like the bunnies I waited to see what else they’d bring Sometimes they brought their smiles, sometimes just frowns Sometimes blacks, grays, whites, but never wedding gowns…?
No. 17
I am the only one I call by me But since you do not know me as I am Everyone calls me you indefinitely Yet I really do not care or give a damn Only I know myself better than you do, Unless you can see things I have never seen There is nothing here to identify you Here in this place you and I have always been Imperfectly said to be that we are not, Simply some past identity we were; There is no need to hang onto what we’ve got It is only imaginary or what we infer Momentarily glimpsed you remind me of it Especially since we know you are not our memory of it.
No. 18
Only dust was I high up in the wind Nearly lost in the swirling twirling gust Clearly tossed in the whirling churls chagrined Excusably unusually animate dust Usable crafts for walking on alien shores Pushing pens to their limits until they burst Openly ignorant our thoughts were chores Noticeably alien words and works at first Altogether I gather the gathering in the end Terrified stands in awe not judging anyone In terms of what they did that might transcend Meaninglessness or a worsening when done Excessive abuse of the crafts we used while here Shall cost us more than anything else held dear.
No. 19
I refuse to bemoan the loss of a friend which I love For more than my need to be defined by her With all of its blessings that, O God, you know of I could never love her and be just a friend for sure She couldn’t understand how I felt at all Her lovers online tearing my heart away Everything here real everything there small Suggesting it was if at all blossoming gay When my love was real where hers never was Ever fair but a lie I told my heart Reaching for joys not belonging to us because Every bi has her homosexual part . . . I know it was wrong to love her like she was real Turned weird by weirdos online I couldn’t help but feel.
No. 20
In the dirty dregs of our derelict abode There are those whose decent choice is to change or die But cowards all we’re weighted with their dreadful load Social pollution is social pollution that’s why Stinking slimy slithering murderers they prey Upon the imaginations of vulnerable friends Turning decent women to diseases best left stay Where productive interaction finds its ends I am not one of them and I hate them all Like I hate cancer and genocide besides If I didn’t I would not know how to call The love I have for better people, which hides Where sick perverted individuals succumb To being entombed in a single word, the word bum! © 2013 John Fredrick CarverAuthor's Note
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Added on August 25, 2013 Last Updated on August 31, 2013 Tags: sonnet, acrostic, idenic, ongoing, written online. AuthorJohn Fredrick CarverNorthern Minnesota, USA, MNAboutNobody cared. I thought some of you at least one of you all were my friend. more..Writing
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