Since I’ve seen the way, the candles light your face… Amazing song, “It’s Been Awhile”, by Staind. Don’t allow the lame band name to scare you off of one the greatest singles of all time. For sure, that’s a long list but what do I/ you care? It’s topical to my procrastination and the tone of today’s poem.
I wrote this late last week on a day that lacked the accustomed amazingness. These things happen. What can you do? Sometimes work is hard, relationships tedious and all of life’s rains of tediousness temporarily transform into monsoons while you happen to be riding a jet-ski super fast. That shit stings yo.
“Lessons Spurned”, July 26, 2018
How swiftly are you thrown a turn
Still seemingly to never learn
To know that bliss is fugitive
And in the end flips punitive
Whether or not to be reclaimed
This twilight form is always maimed
In places strength’s ten thousand walls
Others easily concede thralls
As hardened steel we’ll not be harmed
But nor can you ever live charmed.
I haven’t much time for a debrief so I’ll let y’all to draw whatever conclusions you so chose. A few fun suggestions; zombies (always good), allegory to Planet of the Apes (pourquoi pas?) or The Lord of the Rings- The Two Towers, EXCEPT the hobbits are porcupine(s?) and Shadowfax is played by and as a middle-aged, New Jersey house wife.
Happy Trails and Wagging Tails, (latter’s still there when all else fails). 🙂
-Alex Blaikie
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A broken mind held together by cellophane and some tack.
Definitely one of my favorite songs ever and great inspiration too.
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