I was given a stuffed bear
as a child
He wanted honey and snuggles
under the covers
I wanted rolling thunder
and bayonets in trenches
dug by muddied hands
Our disappointment sat
between us.
I was given a stuffed bear
as a child
He wanted honey and snuggles
under the covers
I wanted rolling thunder
and bayonets in trenches
dug by muddied hands
Our disappointment sat
between us.
Last edited by tonywalt; 10-04-2020 at 11:34 AM.
I like this.
"...the ramblings of a narcissistic, self-obsessed, deranged mind."
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Makes one think, your poem, Tony. Good strong images.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
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