Jan 2021
The Beautifully Brutal
I have no pretty paintings
of flowery poetic expression
to delight the senses,
or panoramic vistas
wrought in iambic pentameter
to lighten the human heart.
I emerge from shadows
as a Phantom masked in red,
revealing the dark and despair,
of a world seen
through obsidian eyes.
James E. Roethlein copyright 2021
I have no pretty paintings
of flowery poetic expression
to delight the senses,
or panoramic vistas
wrought in iambic pentameter
to lighten the human heart.
I emerge from shadows
as a Phantom masked in red,
revealing the dark and despair,
of a world seen
through obsidian eyes.
James E. Roethlein copyright 2021
This poem will be included in my pending third book. My first two books “Musing on the Cricket Game of Life Part 1 1/2” and “An Extravagant Way of Saying Nothing “ are currently available on Amazon.
