#amweiting — Public Fediverse posts

The ancient wise man

Always in demand

Has a stock answer
for every crisis
that falls from the sky

He's so reliably reassuring
in a comforting cliche kind of way
peeps keep coming back to him
cause he's a balm who always says
the words that they want him to say

#poem #poetry #amweiting

I am

A #latent sentimentalist

A closet traditionalist

My once rapier
cutting edge
has been dulled
by time

Tis the natural
erosion of age
as I tumble into
the tranquil pool
of reflection
over all things nostalgic

To dwell in the past
instead of residing
in these sad
middle age daze
where dreams
get buried
by the crushing weight
of adult reality

So here I am

Awash in memories
thumbing through
a dusty scrapbook

Reminiscing late at night
with the clock on the wall

My relentless enemy
who stares down at me impassively
with unwavering efficiency

#vss365 #poetry #poem #amweiting