Thursday, June 19, 2014

to those looking forward from one looking back


in my place

you will find a trace

of existence

and things i have accomplished

 

a college diploma

a black belt with three red stripes on it

a copy of my published novel

 

i did

i’ve done

but i’m no longer doing

 

my second novel

which everyone rejected

about a mental patient

who escapes

makes it to the seattle coast line

falls asleep on midnight sand

and dies of hypothermia

is what i think of my memorabilia

 

the hubble telescope

took a picture of a fraction of deep space

a miniscule plot of real estate

and captured in its image

15,000 galaxies

 

that alone is not why i

do not weigh my mentions in the balance

i just don’t know what my accomplishments

accomplished

 

they have not made my life

tranquil and at peace

i’m still searching

without release

and do not ascertain

that more accomplishments

will accomplish

a life that i will relish

 

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