anticipation

soft, dear heart

youth

still water 

poised

a lick 

of wind

a twitch

of fin

shivering

ripples

wreck the

being 

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Pennywriter]

The hope of a youth are bound to undergo change and hardship.

[John the Baptist]

A very spare but evocative offering, this one. The first several stanzas seem to speak of the fragile but genuine hopes of youth; then the last one abruptly dashes those hopes. Sometimes life is that way.

[roma20]

Hi John, your review was a new way for me to look at the poem. I wished to evoke the fretting nature of early youth when every turn seems to be a whirlpool.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I like the comparison and the form. The poem speaks of how slight influences can have great effects. Well done in so few words. Good writing.

[roma20]

Hi Fabian, Thank you for reading. The butterfly effect truly drives our lives.