Dec 2019
The time without the loved one
once they’re buried in the ground
demands a toil from the soul
when the self has been interned
put six feet down lest the world
do the same without reserve
with permanence born of fear
by dogma too long revered
these sentiments that massacre
deviants from the conservative
asked only to step aside
from living large against the lie
the walking dead seem to survive
in aftermath of suicide
now the days are self-deplored
compelled normality forevermore.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20191218.
once they’re buried in the ground
demands a toil from the soul
when the self has been interned
put six feet down lest the world
do the same without reserve
with permanence born of fear
by dogma too long revered
these sentiments that massacre
deviants from the conservative
asked only to step aside
from living large against the lie
the walking dead seem to survive
in aftermath of suicide
now the days are self-deplored
compelled normality forevermore.
© 2019. Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20191218.
The poem “Compelled Normality” was inspired by a friend’s remark, “until you have buried someone you love, you won't understand how hard a Holiday, Birthday, or any other day is without them.”
