Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Weekly Poem: "carved in granite"



carved in granite



I'm sure you have
your regrets, things you would
have done differently, if you could.

You had losing tickets
in the Kid Lottery.

It's the same for everyone.
Don't let anyone tell you different.

I never won the Husband Lottery
either, though I've only played
a couple of times.

Beneath the smiling family pictures,
that perfect veneer, we're all nursing
disappointments, grievances, injuries
wrapped oh so tightly.

I let my wounds show, braver
or stupider than most.

Dumber than a box of rocks.


February 4, 2015

prompt:  disappointment poem


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