Never Follow Me Dear

. it is lovely, it is treacherous .

acted out in abstract
pandering to the faux
positively pleasant
    plans beforehand

from great distance
(no one can save you)
and then up close

upon the river

"if it bleeds, we can kill it"

and on the mountain

if he falls, we do keep going


so maybe yes then? ( most are baggage )
lost in an abstract life
dead in a real fake place

unfit for the truly deadly spaces
      
none the less. . .
        some will make it
        proudly
losing vacation days
        pretending victory
no worse for his wear
       (one rarely comes back) again

this life is costly

Author's Note

Reviews

[Cherrie Palmer]

Sounds like a writer's world giving life to them on the pages

[Davidgeo]

something like that

[lessa (kenzie)]

This is awesome in my opinion, The road is hard but we all must walk it

[Davidgeo]

Thank you. I like your bird.

[Hebe]

Life is difficult... 1st line written in the book "Road less travelled. Once you have accepted this it makes everything easier! Great write, your words are potent!

[Davidgeo]

Good thing my sea men no longer are. This may sound a little strange but, that poem is an abstract description of a fight I just had with a very large and angry cat. I really wish I had a more profound origin story for this one... but, it's really just about cat on human violence. meow.

[Hebe]

Thats the amazing thing about creative writting, it sparks the imagination to see things from many angles.