All the Difference

Here's a link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEeNcBC_mnM

I've been to the
bitter, dark place
where dreams are
decorations in
dilapidated houses,
a building haunted by
the ghosts of spring.
I tasted the wine of
w****s and convicts
there.

I've prayed with the
broken and wasted.
I spent
days and months,
almost forever with
the feral men and
women of America in
homes not fit for fleas.

Then one cosmic day,
while the wounded slept,
I chased a beautiful
moth that escaped the flame.
And that has made all
the difference.

Author's Note

My recently published book, Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems and It's Just a Hop, Skip, and Jump to the Madhouse are available on Amazon.com

www.thomaswcase.com

Reviews

[Soren]

This poem I think is one of your best. Contrast between the grim and the hopeful the imprisoned and the escaped the darkness and the light of the flame is a balance. Very nicely done

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you. Much appreciated.

[John the Baptist]

The first two stanzas are pretty grim, the testament of one who has seen the bottom of the barrel. The last stanza, however, tells of a sort of resurrection, a meeting with a "beautiful moth" who "escaped the flame." This apparently changed everything. The last words make me think of Robert Frost.

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you. Much appreciated.

[red93]

Good News Thomas - we all need a break when times are hard, and sometimes one piece of good fortune can be enough. Really Excellent ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks, my friend.