A normal person
Used to have the ability
To invest in love
To discuss relationships
To forget pain
And to conspire life
This ordinary person
Used to hear a call
That tells about survival
Used to have the euphoria of survival
Could hear complaints from people
And would call for them to stay wherever
NOW
Remains of a person
Left with his dreams
He lost his voice.
with his ignorance
and quiescence.
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humbling final stanza...so much can be lost so quick in our ignorance...just ask hank williams jr....
ReplyDeleteThus what a trip through life can do if one isn't careful or too careful, great verse.
ReplyDeletevery true ....thought provoking write ...thank you x
ReplyDeleteI liked the contrasts and the way you take us from admiration to sadness in such a short piece. The second stanza is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI liked the turnaround..
ReplyDeletea song, this is?
Powerful ending - doing nothing is giving credence, allowing it (what ever "it" is) to carry on. Good poem!
ReplyDeletea sharp turn indeed - reminds me of what happens to some of the elderly people I used to work with in nursing homes.
ReplyDeletesuch a sharp turn around you did this is excellent yes you are so right life has a lot of twists and turns we can be so happy one day and then the loss can change all the next and at time we can never get back that wonderful happy feeling again
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love it,
ReplyDeleteevery line is valid here.