Falling

After researching on aboriginal people for Social Studies, I just set about to compose a poem. It's not good though, not good enogh to show the injustics implied on them....

An guardian eagle
Circling droopingly
In the gloomy sky
Of the reserve
The air is heavy on his wings
Weighing him down

 

He is a failure

 

He perches on a dilapidated rooftop
Overseeing a man
The beaded eyes reflect great remorse

 

The man, burying in alcohol
Drowns in the sorrow
Of disappointing his family
His daughter’s death
The accusing tone of his wife
Still clung to him
Eating away his mind,
No matter how many bottles are being emptied

 

He is drinking like there is no tomorrow
Maybe there isn’t

 

With a flicker of his fingers
Over the rim of the bottle
An ominous pill sinks silently to the bottom
The man finishes his beer in one single gulp

 

His body falls
Drawing a perfect arc

 

An soundless, pitiful protest
To the ugly world
 

Reviews

[James Takeo Panton]

Full of truly heartfelt pathos...insightful and depressing, it mixes a harsh truth with artistic imagery...great stuff!

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A very sad and dismal picture in a well written poem of a not so uncommon situation in the sad world we live in. Thank you for sharing.