the way it was is how it is now

the way it was is how it is now

 

 

chained thoughts

working in a field of the cotton mind

of the owner of a plantation

of particular rhetoric

sweating semantics onto a soil of senility

 

he forgets more than he writes

while drudging up a past

that owns him.

 

 

erin-cilberto

9/18/16

Reviews

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

The chains of a poet....never seen... but always shackled to our minds. Blessings to you this quiet musing morning:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Queenie...

j.

[Alfred Kukitz]

A tight write overfilled with wisdom of a sage.

Regards,
Al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, my friend.

j.

[Paul Bell]

Like this piece.
Are we conditioned by our past.
The further we strive to get away from it, or even try to hide it.
But in the end, we're actually just running from ourselves.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your keen insights, Paul....

j.

[Leslie Philibert]

Like this a lot, and my reading sees this as both an attack on slavery and a mentality that supports this kind of awful past. Fine job, a real thought provoker !

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Leslie.

j.