Heirs

Heirs

 

 

the brazen lovers

wrapped in American flags

 

find peace in the stars

wave at all the futility

 

combine skin into one extension

patriotic parenting

 

the kids wake to a blind world

mother and father speak without lips

 

crying dissuaded

rip off the flags

 

we're wafting

in the clutch of a fever.

 

 

erin-cilberto

10/25/2020

Reviews

[John Alexander McFadyen]

And they shall inherit.................................What?
I think it is fair to say it is not just America where values appear threadbare and people struggle to understand what they stand for. That great 'big melting pot' is a bit of a minx as the shape of power shifts and old certainties become less than certain.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thanks for the understanding words, John,
j.

[andrew mitchell]

Yes does the American Flag stand for the values it flew for? I can't help think the flag is at half mast at present. Reminds me of the song American Dream by CSNY a fav of mine.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

nothing like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young....
they were fabulous together...and they were so representative of where our minds and hearts were...and where we wanted to go in the future.
and then "four dead in Ohio" and
we had riots at our school and in town...and school closed three weeks early...
so much chaos, but for a real cause...a real reason.
much like today...the violence against protestors turns protestors violence...and it never ends.
j.

[Jimmy Yetts]

You seem to be putting on heirs.
Lighten up; God is still in control.
His ways are, certainly, not those recognized by or approved of by a very old,
unimaginably corrupt and far too deeply entrenched Establishment.
Impressive poetry, Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insightful words, Jimmy...
j.

[Chris Shaw]

The American flag and all it stands for, appears to have lost meaning to many. All that encompassed the American dream, freedom, liberty, the land of opportunity for all. Is it about to change? That's where I drifted to Jacob, in the very early hours. Not long to election day now :)

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

You drifted into my world, Chris.
Good morning...and thanks for your words.
j.