#rowetry

Two Men With A Feather

Not Her

Know

Fading

Fly

June

Aphantasia

A Conversation

Patterns

Lives

Killer

Play

I remember a time

Of joy and of play

But that day

Is far gone. It’s gone

All I can do is reminisce.

That day, full of joy,

We played in the park.

I was a little boy

But it was growing dark.

The day grew shorter

One death, for another.

A fair deal?

A life for a life.

An eye for an eye.

Or should we

Turn the other cheek?

Give them another chance,

But to kill?

The gallows or the guillotine?

The rope or the blade?

Or maybe the electric chair?

For that killer.

Even if they’re free,

What do they have left?

No job and a criminal record?

Life shouldn’t be

A fight,

Not every day.

Life shouldn’t be

A battle,

Not for anyone.

Life should be full of joy

For every little girl and boy.

No-one should have to worry,

About the memories becoming blurry.

Everyone should have basic needs,

I look to the shelf,

There’s a pattern,

The library is organised.

I look to the desk,

There’s a pattern,

I organised my stuff.

Patterns are good,

They allow for easy use,

They allow for a nice look.

BuT wHEn I LoOK t0 The LEfT,

I SEe A MeSS, N0th1NG

iS OrgAn1SED. I BEgIN t0

wONDER hoW Any0NE CoULd

w0RK L1Ke thAT. iN TH@

Poetry is a conversation.

Between me and you?

No, between a poet and everyone.

But not everyone reads poetry.

It still affects them.

Our conversation could be a poem.

There’s no rhymes here.

Not all poetry rhymes.

Is there a deeper meaning then?

Maybe, it could be that we

Should all have conversations,

With strangers and build friendships.

Poetry is a conversation starter,

And it allows us to sympathise,

Picture this?

What? How?

I can draw it.

In my mind’s eye?

Huh? What?

I see nothing in my mind.

Mind palace?

What? Where?

There’s a palace in London.

Look at an apple.

Green? Red?

“Bring out the colour!”

Do they think we don’t know?

Those big corporations,

They only show support,

When they can benefit from it.

“It’s pride month!”

We see the signs,

Rainbows everywhere.

Profit for them

‘Cause we see support.

“Let’s get sales up!”

We know they want

Money.

After June they show