The broken smile.

During the revolution
of the imprisoned mind
cell mates anxiety and fear
remained behind bars
while a smile
tried to break out
from the castration
of happy thoughts
the blues rose
from the horizon
coming in waves,
the Great Depression -
the man in the moon
shed a tear.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

He is shedding a lot of tears over this past year and a half....
someone needs to take a mop to the cell floors...

j.

[andrew mitchell]

No wonder the moon is looking dry lately. Thanks J.

[Chris Shaw]

Good use of metaphor here Andrew to describe how depression can make us feel like prisoners behind bars. Hope all is OK with you.

Chris

[andrew mitchell]

Hi Chris, I’m in a dark place at the moment what with work, my mums brother is dying and my mum is not coping with all the stress and my brother has no respect towards her. It’s a mixed bag of crap all at once but that’s life. Thanks for stopping by Chris much appreciated.

[Chris Shaw]

So much going on. No wonder you feel the darkness. Life at times can throw us a whole pile of shite. I hope you can find a small part of each day where your attention goes elsewhere. Listening to music can do that. Probably the only time I listen to classical music. It transports me elsewhere. Take it easy Andrew.

[andrew mitchell]

Thanks Chris, music does that for me too as does poetry.