The wide-eyed innocence
Beyond recollection
Beyond nuance
When the world could only register
In stark simplicities
Mommy/not mommy
Pain/tickle/ooooh!
Shiny!
When I was free
To express
Every goddamn emotion
I felt
In every moment
A torrent of tears
Screams of anguish
A coo for a stranger’s caress
Giggles for the silly thing
Shaken for my joy only
And awe
So much awe
Now nuance has become unsubtle
Which tinges awe
With the immensity
Of evil
So I long for an innocence
I cannot recall
Knowing it only in the eyes
Of those who have no words
To remind me of it
I envy the present
That lives behind their eyes
But the future?
I fear for them
June 2, 2024
NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2025
Day 4
What is NaPoWriMo? National Poetry Writing Month. AKA GloPoWriMo for Global Poetry Writing Month because, you know, it’s a worldwide event. During the month of April, poets challenge themselves to write at least one poem a day, every day, for the entire month. So, 30 poems in 30 days.
I’ve been in a writing slump this year, so hopefully this will kickstart me back into it. 😉 It’s worked in the past. 🙂
If you’d like to join in, or just want to learn more about this annual poetry writing event, the more-or-less official website is NaPoWriMo.net.
I am also one of the admins for a small, private FB group, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2025 if you want to follow other poets on their journey.
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