There will be no Realignment
Will Barham 1997 (Knoxville)
1
I bet you wonder about the unique nature of pollination and how reliant we are on bees
An objectively better use of our collective time
I guess your thoughts reside in the trees
This might drive me to crime
Probably white-collar, worst-case assault
But not warranted assault -- unnecessary and unjust attacks
Would that lead me closer to atonement?
I assume your thoughts still live high atop the atrium
It's cold in the water
Thoughts traverse around me like a school of fish
I know i'm not better
I expected a better dish
I expected you to drown too
2
Worthiness isn't defined by my feelings about the matter
Instead aligned with your acceptance of my presence
But hopefully further like actually thinking I matter
Even though you're at the sea line waiting --
I can't escape my own malevolence
This whole perspective, position, or postulation isn't pleasant
It's actually a pleasantly powerless position proposed by a precarious person
Possibly positioned perpendicular purely due to your lack of presence
please - progress
There is no way we have alignment
3
There are the walls that surround the experiences we shared
Breaking up hallways, fistfights, bedrooms, dinner parties
I was not one to overthink the slipping of glances
Or the increase of dreams laced in lustful action
I pretended the walls never moved
Pretending eventually subsides as every wall I surround myself with falls, cracks, or at least leaves
I simply cannot withstand not knowing
I am undeniably alive but unsure of the positivity of that
Plus or minus only matters if you are in control of the scale
4
Unfortunately conclusions don't exist within the stories we tell
There are creations of closure that wrap around your understanding - but they only mask my real face
The face of a man that broke through
This isn't a waiting room
The entities are not your friends
There is nothing more to tell
The story ends when you stop telling it...but
The story doesn't end for me
I can never let go
About this poem
This poem is part of a larger collection I have been working on. The collection contains two parts: exploring our connection with the written word paralleled with the protagonist's connection to a lost love.
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Written on March 03, 2023
Submitted by barhamwill6 on May 24, 2023
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Scheme | ABCBC DXEX FGFG H AFIFJB EKIX E AXBXKX XJX X ALXHXXLDX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 2,003 |
Words | 377 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 1, 6, 4, 1, 6, 3, 1, 9, 1 |
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