That which you wish with to impress We mere who wait our quite-late bus Soul-seen by us serves to express The truth that you are one of us
Carried now you command a car Combative as you sit too high Though lost and falling like a star You smile by smirk and sidle by Commanding from your armored tank
You smirk and pass we smile and sigh To know (unlike you?) whom to thank That we are nothing less than you Though how and why you might deny Despite this we are human too Resolved in our mere way to try
Not high nor low just you and me We live and dream alike then die We are now and will always be Not high nor low just you and I
Siblings of the same family Sequestered by our rivalry
I can relate to this as well, Stevie. There are seven children in the family and I suppose I am a "middle" child. Three of my siblings I rarely see though I make an effort to connect time and again. I am much closer to many who are not "blood relattives." Thank you for this. Love and best wishes,
This is a hard one. I have read it over and over and each time I find something new. I call this type of poetry, abstract. I have written many like it. A meaningful dive into the angst of siblings. The ultimate contest. Very good poetry.
A further collection of poems, many from years in the Middle East, but also the California San Francisco and Central Coast areas (Santa Cruz, Carmel, Big Sur, Berkeley, etc.).
My book of poetry is being redone by me, I have a beautiful cover designed and the book will have a few more than 200 poems in it. I am going to have it printed on demand here in Canada. When it is done I will let you know when it is done and if anyo
Selected poems from previous & forthcoming collections together with Q&R apps on each page to enable audio rendition simultaneously with the written text
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