The Way of Things

This is a very old piece that I just realized I forgot to put back on here after the mass deletion.

 

 

 

The Way of Things

 

 

 

Sitting in
An isolated room
With the scream of insanity
Put on his tongue,
Knowing the knowledge
That put him there.
A twinkle in the eye,
Backed by an intelligent mind
With a warped sense
Of humor.
But,
It is the way of things.

 

Standing on
A lonely street corner
Holding onto a lifeless
Cat.
Tears flow into the
Sidewalk of frustration.
Little blue eyes
Covered with long, blonde hair
Gaze into the
Carbon Monoxide
World.
But,
It is the way of things.

 

Thrown into
A cold, dark alley,
Left there to
Pass away into
Nothingness.
The dulled, silent eyes
Slowly closing
About this world
He believed in.
But,
It is the way of things.

 

Running across
A cool, clean field of
The forest floor.
Chasing after
The elusive rainbow.
With the wink
Of an eye
She has caught
The colored ribbon,
Proving there is
Gold in the magnitude
And massiveness of
Blackness.
And that,
Is the way of things.

 

 

Legion

(circa 1985)

Author's Note

Wrote this around the end of my senior year in high school or shortly after I graduated can't remember. I was 17 or 18 at the time. Not one of my favorites, but it is being posted anyway.

Reviews

[Helen Woodward]

Terrific piece of prose, ruthlessly honest and painful...thank you for ending on a high note! It is the way of things and I don't think many people have thought about the way to change things.
Writing a piece of this standard is brilliant considering the age your were when it was penned.
Kudos from me...
Helen :-)

[laughingwolf]

excellent vivid imagery, still valid today, some 23 years later

and, like you say, it truly is 'the way of things'

well wrought....

[Picasso]

An excellent and ironic step back from the way life is in the world today and how terrible occurrences are past off as the norm, I definitely think this is a decent poem

[Rainbowco]

I am glad that you reposted, and though it may not be a favorite of yours, I like it very much. Excellent word combination.