the only fool

to be fooled by time.

to be tricked by the sun.

writing can be like

jumping off a cliff

confident the words will catch you.

the smiling sun doesn t even care

and if you don t treat the words

just the right way

they ll abondon you just like

people

they ll run away like sunshine.

and when the whisky s gone along with your confidence

you realize the only fool

is you.

Reviews

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. ah, this is excruciating, coach ... so perfectly said ... with the perfect words ...

the poet craves
for words
to never know
his addiction
and his
withdrawal symptoms
for if they know, they might not stay
and like unpoetic people, just walk away

[Bare trees]

Very well written poem that makes the reader think about what you've written. Writing can be a dangerous thing. Perhaps an addiction that consumes us to a fault. Some of us are confident and experienced, others are just kidding themselves. I suppose the light of day has a tendecy to reveal some truths or errors. Just my take on it. Good job.

[Coyote Poetry]

In a way your words are very true. Some statements will leave a permanent mark. In the history of time. Many were made fool's by saying foolish words. But the great writers like Mark Twain and Hemingway are needed to tell the world the truth about life and nature. I like this poem. We can be fool by words. But wasn't for the word men and woman. What type of world would we live in? Your poem was powerful and told a very good story. Never a fool for expressing the truth.
Coyote

[Emily B]

whiskey is probably important, but I swear I get drunker on words than I ever did bourbon

[jenniewren (J.W. Bouwma..]

that is precisely what writing is.. i love the flow of this, and the simple truth is contains.. i have only two suggestions *smiles*
"abandon" and the apostrophes - otherwise, this is a lovely little nugget of a poem - my favourite kind

[Ed Hart]

a fool and his life are soon parted

[Sweet_pale_cacophony]

You really like whisky don't ya ;)..third poem of yours i guess where it comes in but it always does fit in well.Yes if you don't treat words right they will abandon you...but then the question is which is the right way..:)