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The Weeping Earth
by Lonnie Hicks → (All Poetry by Lonnie Hicks)
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Sapiens

I am the upside down man,
when in a hole I dig deeper
thinking it is up;

I use my satin blindfold
if I need to see.

All my memories
are fragmented media remnants
and I call it living for the moment.

I am the inside out man

I plot to never admit or take the blame,
I kiss evil on the mouth
enjoy turmoil,
and chaos
because they make my inside out,

and that makes me feel whole.

I crave power over
because I feel powerless within
and lather on controls on everything
to sooth my own internal turmoil.

I am sideways man
rocketing from mood swing
to mood swing
like Tarzan swinging on the vines.

I know silent envy,
craven resentments,
large swatches of inferiorities,
steely glances
cutting words and stinging rejections.

I know weakness,
and sometimes love,
sometimes even greatness
and I have died  in numerous fox-hole wars
and in muddy swampy ravines.
 

I have given all for friends and family;
taken a single pea to eat from the pod
so that others might dine.

I have lied
seen many die
by plague, pestilence
and mayhem
yet I survive,
a hybrid,
having produced civilization,
books and poetry

I am hu-man
treading the weeping earth
I am the best
I am the worst.

 

 

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "The Weeping Earth"
Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on June 15, 2014


well done


Reviewed by Annabel Sheila
Reviewed on February 10, 2011
Enjoyed this write, Lonnie! Very deep and thought provoking....that last stanza is beautifully phrased!!! Nicely done..

Anna


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