Obscene

9/04/12

Simple and tired, a work horse admired

Possessed by a simple dream

Wears blue, brown, and black, whose wallet is stacked

Sacrifices truth for what life seems

 

Wakes up in alarm, values what’s borrowed

Follows a wand that is pitch black and hollow

Tense to the bone, separate by language

Speaks of the lies that feel strangely sacred

 

Xenophobes directing the social game

Each of us, commanding that they explain 

 Spoon fed like children, happy to be okay

No matter the cost, it won’t end this way

 

Lost and then found is the story, rebound

Turning slowly from end to end

When the tables do turn, claim what you’ve earned

A place to be free and ascend 

Author's Note

If anyone who's been doing this for a while has recommendations for coming up with tags, I'd appreciate the input. This is my first time sharing poetry online. Anyone feeling inclined to share their honest reflections on it, please do.

Reviews

[rnuff]

Very well written, like the rhyme scheme

[Peaches]

Very feeling and well thought. Perhaps a good tag might be political poetry. I liked it.

[Cierra]

this is really well written and I love the slant rhyme with the figurative language used. it makes is seem really deep and open to interpretation

[TheAdamBryant]

nice poem