My flaws weigh on me
until I set them down
or convince myself
they're not really flaws.
When I set them down,
the trick is to walk away
and not look back.
When I convince myself
they're not really flaws,
the trick is to close my eyes
and not look forward.
Laocoön
ReplyDeleteTo break free of a father’s love,
Twisting in coils of a sea serpent,
Sons ignore his military warning
Against any gift left abandoned
On the threshold of their defense.
They tire of war and embrace
What they want to be peace offerings,
And so their nation perishes
Even as the patriarch struggles
To save what remains of the line.
[Disposable Poem