Quiet Indignation

"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake." - Thoreau

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

It wants what it wants, without need to speak.

Reason battles desire in a skirmish of the soul.

Like a revelation written in some ancient scroll.

An oasis always shines in a mirage of perceived fortune.

Until distance turns to presence and it vanishes.

Branches don't always bend.

Sometimes they break.

The earth can tremble and a tortured heart ache.

Denial once is a lack of conviction.

Twice is addiction.

Thrice nonfiction.

Four times affliction.

A cookie with no fortune is never wrong.

Solitude retreats from a noisy throng.

A ring worn upside down hides the jewel.

Revealing the fool.

Refusal swims against the flow.

Serving a bountiful repast of crow.

They twist my kindness into weakness to rob my essence's pocket.

A case you won't see on any court docket.

Betrayal and it's cousin duplicity haunt the dark hallways of my being.

Sending love fleeing.

How can any war be civil?

Undeclared words not drivel?

Faith overshadows fiction.

A shaken conviction.

Truth cuts but one way in an unwanted castration.

An infernal conflagration.

I hang my head low in a ...

... quiet indignation ...

Author's Note

"The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right." - Thoreau

Reviews

[R.J Calzonetti (Siniste..]

As always, your poetry is a pleasant addition to my afternoon. I like the sour feel to this poem, that melancholy essence and sound. I like that there is realism within your words, but I hope you are not without hope. You will surely overcome this feeling at times, but as it does for me, it will return. As long as you're in control and can accept that, your life will be worthwhile.

Thank you for sharing, I greatly enjoyed your poem. Feel free to send me a read request whenever you write another.

[Pete]

that's a fact jack. thank you for sharing your insightful, hopeful observations. it is kindly appreciated ... :)

[Onlyme]

A sad and realism of reality harsh, raw and humble inside this eloquent poem. Of downtrodden, painful depression that it seems to talk about. Woeful and seen and felt a lot too. Never give in. Always know hope is somewhere out there. You're not alone.

[Pete]

thanks Dawn. if you know where it's hiding. please let me know dear friend ... :)

[Onlyme]

Hope is inspirational, love, faith, simple pleasures and friendships that mean a lot. :) and your poetry. hugs. Dawn.