EASY!

 

it’s so easy!

it’s so easy!

fear comes barging in

so easy.

and death!

crisp and guileless.

it’s so common now.

it’s such an easy sight.

recalcitrant children

wrinkle their noses at it

and walk on so easy.

to get kidnapped.

and to never be

seen again.

so easy.

for courage to abate.

before this persistent

madness, for faith

and hope to become

second rate.

so easy!

to loose the history,

the family,

the life

in this ramshackle cluster

of laughter, of tears

in the folds of this

easy daily violence.

it’s so easy.

to cement the little pieces

of this broken life

by fear.

 

Reviews

[Constance]

I've never found fear to be easy. My fight or flight response is set on fight, thanks to a few experiences I've had. That being said, you painted a clear image here, with masterful language and an easy flow.
There are alot of poems on Writer's Cafe. If I bother to read an entire poem and comment, it's because it held my attention, which means it must be REALLY good. Thank you for the enjoyable few minutes it took to read and ponder this piece.

[Damien Dsoul]

Your poem is rather intruiging. You're talking about fear, and what it wroughts in people, and yet the style and language in which you choose to start the work doesn't give the poem a foreboding sense of what it's about. For a second, I thought your first lines were from a classic rock and roll song by Linda Ronstadt.

[lowena]

Well said.

[JC]

"and death! crisp and guileless" stopped me in my tracks. I have missed that acidic undertone. What ever the circumstance to see you back, I am glad that you are.

Another powerful and great read.

JC

[Jet Lag]

i don't even know what to write. your words are helping bring me around to reality. good work.