Veridical Man

If the condition of things which we were made for is not yet, what were any reality which we can substitute? We will not be shipwrecked on a vain reality. - Thoreau

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tired of running

weary of hiding

never dressing the real part

a car with a dead battery that can never start

one hundred dimensions in a 3D world

half-mast, dictatorial flag that's never fully unfurled

hear the spinning, vinyl static of my outdated, never-ending song

doorbells aren't the only things that go ding dong

blocked cell tower

wilted orchid flower

parallel hands flipping me off at the cimmerian, midnight hour

pen the crooked truth with a squalid, pigeon's plume

i'll erase the doubts

amplifying  your unavailing shouts

never able to exit from dizzying, frivolous roundabouts

smash the mirror

examine the consternation of a sonnetary, broken shard

look at me

look at me long and hard

see me for who i truly am

skewed perception

uncool, window blowing fan

an angry, ugly, lonely, unwanted, faithful, despised, misunderstood, reflective

veridical man

Author's Note

"All that man has to say or do that can possibly concern mankind is in some shape or other to tell the story of his love-to sing, and, if he is fortunate and keeps alive, he will be forever in love." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

I feel your powerful emotions you put in your writes. You use powerful imagery to reflect on your life, your ups and downs. You end up with positive outlooks from those olden days.
You look up to Thoreau and look up to heaven.
Marvelous as always.

[Pete]

so glad that you both get and feel it sami. your observations are spot on. i was trying to pen all of my anxieties, fears and insecurities along with what helps me to cope with them. i often unintentionally write in an obscure fashion so readers sometimes aren't sure of my meaning. thank you dear poet and friend ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! All good. You are welcome sir Pete

[andrew mitchell]

Strong work Pete, strong emotions and exhaustion come through.

[Pete]

thanks andrew. too exhausted to type anything else. lol ... :)

[Chris Shaw]

Pete this is a terrífic poem.

look at me
look at me long and hard
see me for who I truly am

I did. Your emotions came through strongly. Three stanzas of superb writing my friend.

Chris

[Pete]

thanks for "feeling" it chris. much appreciated kind friend ... :)

[lightsong]

Thanks to You I found the perfect word that describe You (Veridical) I didn't hear this word before, isn't it what You are as well as your poem here? never giving up no matter how ugly and at the mess the world around is, and no matter how fake and shallow the people are, You keep your essence genuine. sure, You express your frustration, your anger, your sadness and all else, yet the beauty of your song will shine. fantastic poem my friend...

[Pete]

thanks so much lightsong. you share some keen insights and it is well appreciated. i think thoreau was correct about our "songs" -

"Music is the sound of the universal laws promulgated. It is the only assured tone. There are in it such strains as far surpass any man's faith in the loftiness of his destiny. Things are to be learned which it will be worth the while to learn" ... :)