Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Reflections November 29, 2018

I've got this collection of ideas, phrases, half written poems that it just put aside to work on later. There's no time stamp on when the originals were written down. Some may go back as far as 4-5 years ago. It's kind of fun to revisit these bits and pieces and work on making each one a "complete" poem.


Reflections

Beyond sight, beyond the fragile veil
where thought haunts consciousness.
That's where my Self lives, forever
perplexed by its own existence.

One day a child, the next an old man
who can barely remember his own name.

Asphalt roads, the wooded trail
where autumn leaves go to die
at the hands of solemn crows.
The memories gather 'round
an empty grave so dark, so black
the bottom can't be seen.

That's where I live most days, these days.

Staring at the reflection
hovering in the window glass,
trying desperately to remember
what the hell I look like.
Woodie 11-28-18


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