A slip of a man

A slip of a man

A Poem by mikedohsays
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a poem about confusion and harm

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A slip of a man

 

His bloated face. Short cropped hair

A man in a zoo

He is free to go. Free to roam

With eyes on points of confusion

Must make a choice

 

Shambling

Torn between the force of will

A trapped ego and spent flaws

With remnants of an unreliable memory

And the pull of human decency

 

How far can he fall?

The animal in that man

Unfettered beast that he has become

When open doors and friendship

Confound him and unleash fear

 

The chords and sinews that separate

The lost from the found

Resonate only with simple rules

That trust and faith will bind

That harmony is in the mind

 

He is inchoate

No doubt troubled in the new dawn

Clutching at half-formed thoughts

Remedies that come to hand

In the hurry of remorse

© 2014 mikedohsays


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Added on April 2, 2014
Last Updated on April 2, 2014
Tags: loss, alcohol, promises, fate, hope, lies, faith, time

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mikedohsays
mikedohsays

hampton, middlesex, United Kingdom



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Mikedohsays is the pen name of Mike Doherty an award winning photographer, poet and writer. I write daily for a personal blog and use this as my canvass, a place to think, share and most importantly .. more..

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