ISSUE #2: Saturday June 11, 2011 -- Poetry

 

Many thanks to our first contributors and their beautiful poetry. Thanks to Seramonial, and Derek. [The Editors]

The Stream Too Wide

Sometimes the stream is too wide

And the river too deep

And when you are halfway across

You can see the other side getting close

Yet the undertow

Pulls you down

And you decide not to try the river

Not to brave its raging torrent

But how do you get to the other side

What do you risk

When the status quo is not good enough

What do I do?

Do I swim underwater

And let the river cast me on the other side

Far downstream

What if I want to get to the other side

Sooner than it would take to build a bridge

If there is no bridge already there

Maybe grab a log –

Or a few logs to make a raft

And cling to it

All the while kicking with my feet

Like a little kid having a tantrum

A little tantrum maybe all you need

-- Seramonial [June 2, 2011]

I MOURNED FOR YOU WITHOUT MOURNING 

I mourned for you without mourning   

By getting drunk and laughing when hearing of your death 

I grieved for you without grieving   

Not with my tears, but the absences of them  

I hated you without hating  

Because I saw how hate lives

I forgave you without forgiving  

Because It was to hard to forget 

I watched you without watching  

because I was to scared to be seen  

I listened to you without listening 

So some good thing could be preserved   

I excused you by not excusing 

The behavior you once served  

I disowned you without disowning...

Because in my heart, you’ll always live

Under the shades of tomorrow 

Forever a slave to your sins 

-- Derek J Sarazin