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POEM WHICH TOOK SEVEN DECADES
My pockets
are holey
some feel in deep
and
kindness show
it makes me glow
many smile
then let me go
now I say
come along
at times
we love
often blow
what next
who knows...
Style / type:
Free verse
Review Request (Intensity):
I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Last few words:
I was then in grade seven impoverished now I have flourished Read on the transformation..
Editing stage:
Content level:
Not Explicit Content
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Comments
Rosewood Apothecary
Thu, 2023-02-09 12:34
Rags to riches?
Yay for upward mobility.
Tim
lovedly
Thu, 2023-02-09 12:44
Tim
'Twas the other way around
riches to rags then after seven decades
did rebounce
Glad you came
to pronouce
Rosewood Apothecary
Thu, 2023-02-09 13:09
We fall.
We fall.
We rise.
We bend.
We break.
We burn but we survive.
John Dyer Baizley
lovedly
Thu, 2023-02-09 13:48
Yes Tim
How so true
lovedly
Tue, 2023-02-21 12:30
Yes RA
who can say that better than you
we still live and continue
Don't we
you and me
all poets
we wee weee.......................
Seren
Fri, 2023-02-10 09:24
Loved Sis
Jess would be so proud of your growth, I know I am.
You're starting to feel it aren't you? if not I am feeling it for you.
I am so proud of you.
This is poetry. and you are the poet.
love always Sis xox
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats
lovedly
Fri, 2023-02-10 12:37
Thank you SIS and
jess where ever may be you
thank you I am also proud of you