SHAKY GROUND
shaky ground the last few days have been like mercury in retrograde
stars spinning out of control lights flash topsy tirvy
my stomach churns nothing works computer/tv/or me
choose a team wise/wisdom/wizard loaded with insights
straight shooter “dead eye” one who can see
batting average way above most runs fast
running away catching up he needs to be
someone to count on speaks gently doesn’t frighten women and children
knows which side he is on doesn’t get caught in no man’s land
confident sure of himself doesn’t strike out
the first blow isn’t his he is fair and honest you know him by the “cut of his jib”
i want him on my team when the ground moves beneath my feet holding on
May 18, 2017
13 comments:
Oh you know that you want someone to hold onto when it's shaky... hope it's the right one...
loved the sense of movement and momentum here. Only complaint-- font size is killer for anyone over 40!
Love the description and your creativeness in your poetic style.
Excellent write my friend. :)
No man's land is where no man should ever go. I guess that's why it's called that, eh?
I really like the opening and closing.
I vote for a wizard. :)
It is a relief to hear someone speaking intelligently and clearly, not in riddles, when most of what we hear is topsy-turvy.........when it gets too bad, I stop watching the news for a while.
I know that feeling, Annell and you have conveyed it so well.
Assessing the potential (and dangers) of a new partner throws the cultural daubs of worthiness onto a canvas for us to see, consider, pass through, like sketches of a embrace. For me the sports metaphor shows fitness but not worth--not enough--and too masculine to count for more than the obvious.
Hell in a hand basket--chaos in cups--fascism in our face (again)--Nukes on our nerves. I don't know if Jesus was a ball player, or Buddha, or Mohammed, or Ramtha--but some folks find the support you crave in their meditation & spirituality. I do know that a good man is hard to find--we are rare creatures; a good woman likewise. Your poetic form was daring, creative & fun. I have the reader chase my words around the page too.
Thanks Glen, yes, good people are hard to find.
I like the flow and the subject matter and i want to say good people are everywhere to be found in my experience...having said that the real good person we can always depend on is us right?
Mercury in retrograde I relate to...things do not work like they should sometimes. It takes a lot of patience to live, period!
Fear is a great weapon in political power. Agree, conform or be crushed and they go down in history books and the ordinary citizens live in fear. Let's hope more people vote next time.
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