Trying to Figure it Out



The bloody start
Of it all,
Yowling, tears, and such!
But real love
Not yet stained with desire
Or held together with emptiness.
Yet there, from this start,
Tiny beads
Of regret, impulse, and anger
Were strung around my neck
Like chains from forever.

About this poem

My poems just start with a flash centered on some small concern or perception. I was just 'trying to figure out' how a person gets to be the person they are.

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Written on June 29, 2023

Submitted by msharpe01 on June 29, 2023

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H.M. Sharpe

Now elderly but once aspired to write poems and did over a course of 20 years unpublished. Really first interested in my jr. year in high school taking a required course in English Lit. Fascinated by the Romantics! Thanks Ms. Greene! Stopped at some point when the poetic energy dissipated! more…

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