White Flag Pretense

A Poem by Darren Brown

These days, the idea of global peace is considered first-class naivety, whilst psychological egoism is necessary over-indulgence.

When I feel you I’m dreaming

You are a kiss on the neck from a ghost

You are a painting kids laughed at in crèche

High school toilet graffiti disorders

Leeches tether me to shoulders of stone

I am a silver coin

thrown in a well

that burrows straight through Earth

to her core where I’ll melt.

© 2014 Darren Brown

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Added on June 8, 2014
Last Updated on June 8, 2014
Tags: Poem, Poetry, Free Verse, Sociopolitical, Human Nature, Peace, Progress, Extrospective

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Darren Brown

Cape Town, South Africa

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I use poetry as a means to come to a deeper understanding of myself, and the world that I'm a part of. So most of my work is a combination of introspective and extrospective, figuring out how I relate.. more..

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