Oh wow - a weekend where you're pretty much not online for one reason or another is not very good for daily challenge poetry. And yet, I do not consider it time ill-spent. In fact, if it were not for the ability to unplug electronically and plug in to other aspects of my life, I would find life pretty dull.
BUT, here at Fat Kid Central, we made a promise, and that is whenever I take a few days away during a challenge, well, I have to make up for it. So it's about time I stopped all this blabbering and do that. There will be two posts today - one for the previous 2 days' worth of poems, and another to get me back on track with today's poem! I hope you enjoy!
The first poem stems from the fact that I know too many people, myself included, that have had to say goodbye to loved ones recently.
Split
I split words
in to sounds,
take meaning from a pre- or suffix,
and so I can not under stand
how to say "goodbye."
For "bye" - the time off, the in between moment,
is never "good."
It hurts.
I know it is a wish,
Doomed to fail.
The Man
I used to dream of the Man -
sitting there, just out of my reach,
as though still in the womb
and not fully formed.
I knew who he was, and every step along his path,
the trials that molded his being,
even the secret thoughts in his heart,
and yet, I could not touch him.
I moved with him, and followed him
shadowed him, emulated him,
I did my best,
But I could not be the Man.
Still, I tried.
I changed my face, I changed my ways,
I changed everything about me.
But the Man was always out of my grasp,
just beyond my sight.
And then, once day, I gave up the quest.
"Enough," I said, "I can chase this Man no further."
And then the Man reached out,
took me by the shoulder
embraced me,
welcomed me,
and with a smile,
I understood just how long the Man was chasing me.
Thanks for reading,
The Fat Kid
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