Studio8 - Uniting the Arts

a woman i know in fiji
is upset with me tonight
i rejected her politics
i asked her to stop posting
all the horrors of this world
on my wall
each of us has to pick our battles
i chose to run like hell
that machine tried to eat me
the one that tries to sell me
perfect balance and pills to straighten me out
up and around
a man i love
is sick-there are more than i can say
emotions flying around
i have to cool that out
before i can fill those holes with love
light and healing
no need to approach with a dark hole that has barely seen
what can be inside again
the gardens are still in need of weeding
the fish need frying
the cry of the wolf is in his heart
the time i have is bleeding
air can barely get it in
just before the escape out
can see where the trouble lies
why he does not tell me
the way it has his eyes
swollen and sad
i wish there was more i could do
i am poor
no plane ticket
and would be going on a wing and a prayer
would not be the first time
my granny used to send me looking for my father=
went to fla once
found him
could have found that man anywhere
like a birthmark
now i just listen to the ringing in my ears
like everyone is around him giving him advice
he is the kind that will think twice before he does
those things
i hope that now he has not got broken wings

the honesty in this is front and center, the streaming soul pours straight and true, and the poem has an organic energy that steams from top to bottom connecting all the dots.......nice piece c-soul

Interesting poem. Almost a scroll of consciousness poem the way it starts with the woman in Fiji. The poem unfolds and takes the reader inside the poet's heart. The predominant emotions----what I get from the poem---are love and sadness.

yes love and sadness- yes- love does bring both- ahh but my mind is clearing-and the years it takes to do the flow
come way too slow-- thanks for your feedback- liked it alot..aloha