The Hole Within Our World

[yoyossarian]

This is the last finished poem I've written. Oddly, I wrote it about 6 or 8 months ago, before the big oil leak crisis we're going through now...
Sure sounds like it's about it, though...


The Hole Within Our World


The age is split in two

And no one knows just what to do

Or where to go

Nobody really knows

Just what to feel

Or how to deal

Or what to say or do to heal

The hole within our world

The shard within our hearts

It's gone beyond our deepest fears

It may just be beyond our arts

To heal this wound, so deep, so grave

It may just be too late to save

Us from the fires

Of our desires


But what a show!

For all the universe to witness

When we go!

We'll light up like a Christmas tree

And everyone will surely know

That we were here

That we were full of fire and heat

And beastly need, and greed, and beer

That we were fueled by foolish fear and fire

And that we took it much too high

And then we took it higher

That if we had one fatal flaw then this was it:

We were blinded by this lovely light we lived in

And we never really knew just when to quit.

[yoyossarian]

1. punt!

n/t

[me b zola]

2. Beautiful

It also compliments KO's Thurber reading tonight of 'The Moth And The Star'. :thumbsup:

[yoyossarian]

3. Thank you!

And thanx to all for the recs!

[ljm2002]

4. Wow!

You must have been channeling when you wrote that...

and it is a fine poem.

[yoyossarian]

9. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

:fistbump:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear yoyossarian!

I didn't know you wrote poetry!

I LOVE this.

I write too...even had some published...

Check out my Journal for some...

Your poem speaks to the truth of our lives...The ending is just phenomenal!

Thank you.

[yoyossarian]

7. Thank YOU!

You do lovely work too!
:hug:

[sabrina 1]

6. Beautifully written, thank you for posting it.

It seems prescient now ~ :cry:

[yoyossarian]

8. You're very kind...

...and very welcome!

:toast: