Thomas My book, Surprise Endings, is now available for sale.
...I did enter three for February, so I’m gonna forgive myself, give myself a huge hug, and move on. :-)
The three poems I entered for february are:
The Judgment of the Watchtower
The day is fast approaching…
The judgment is at hand…
Soon all the GB hypocrites
Will be forced to understand.
They soon will see their empire
Crumble from disuse
They truly could avoid this,
But it appears they’re too obtuse.
For they fail to notice,
They totally dismiss
The proof they’ve lost God’s favor.
They pretend nothing’s amiss.
But answer us this question,
Oh guardians from the tower.
Why can the mere internet
Undermine your lofty power?
Could it be the answer,
Lies simply in the fact,
That it’s only with Satan
With which the Watchtower has a pact?
The Real Life
Terrified of friendship’s bite,
Qualified but full of fright,
The evil tower taught me well,
Took away my fear of Hell,
Replaced it with an ugly god,
One who rules with an iron rod,
Beats his children; hates his wife,
Runs a universe of strife.
Then one day the madness lifted.
With a new hope I was gifted.
The truth really did set me free.
Free to be the complete me.
Instead of judgment in my eye,
Now I’m just a normal guy.
I see the beauty in the earth.
And know we’ve all intrinsic worth.
Now I Know
Feeling hopeless, useless
Rejection left me low
Way too low
Death became an option
The preferred option
But no go
I woke up, stomach pumped
“Fuck you paramedics!”
Profound woe
Many memories missing
Many bridges too
Reap and sow
Faith and hope dismantled
Dreams all entangled
Sun won’t glow
Reaching out for others
Former friends AWOL
New ones show
Love and concern offered
Their judgment AWOL
Hope can grow
Equilibrium regained
Hard lessons learned
Now I Know
