Breaking the Speed Limit of Confusion

True, we bend perhaps because we confuse
What we want with that which
Drives us away tired and so angry
Until we reach the top
Of the stairs and glance back
Attempting to figure out
What was so damn important

It is all the same in a breathless whisper
That so often can break
The speed limit of confusion

As the fingerprints that mark
Those minutes of time
Often make it hard to believe
We nodded at the opposite corner
Where sarcasm annoyed
Our release

We round the corner that teaches
Us the difference between
Watching someone else
Living in those fantasy worlds
Shake our heads and try to change
The past

While all those peculiar moments
Come back to haunt us

How can we remain undisturbed
When we find ourselves
Hoping that when we reach
The top of the stairs
What continuously drives us away
Tired and angry
Once again
Will hold us hostage

Reviews

[Veronica Chandler]

This one is wonderful and written from such an honest place of insight and realization. I enjoyed it top to bottom; the images found on your work add so much depth, and I often look at the pictures with the same interest and intrigue I do your words.

[Layla J Omorose]

I don't know what it is about your poems that capture me. Once again you have delievered another excellent poem.

[Jibin]

A truthful poem!!!
love the deepening thoughts inside of it...

[HopelesslyDevoted]

love the second to the last stanza, and the title is very cool as well!

[Lily Mae]

So true Neva...xx I love it..x

[Lilly Negoi]

we can't...and therefore we see that happening all the time...modern Sisyphus...

[Aidz]

Amen ....

A truly prophetic scribe inded.. I would have to say very different from your usualy scribes , so very refreshing indeed

[nishantshah2381]

What continuously drives us away
Tired and angry
Once again
Will hold us hostage

yes very true to everyones life .......good descriptive write