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 Feb 2020 Chuck Kean
Cathy
You’ve found yourself in a lonely place
With nothing left to lose but face
That you try to save but fail
To see the never ending trail
Of destruction from your hate
At an exponential rate
Trust has fallen, love is lost
You didn’t think what it would cost
You at the start when you began
And now I wonder if you can
Ever find a way to heal
The hurt that all but you can feel
 Feb 2020 Chuck Kean
Acme
Old Poet
 Feb 2020 Chuck Kean
Acme
I'm an old poet with a young heart
pleading for an honest appraisal.
Is my poetry worth the time to read?
Do I matter now? Did I ever?
That is the bigger question.
I know the answer. Nothing lasts.
Shakespeare and Yeats and God will
someday be lost to time's cruelty.
 Feb 2020 Chuck Kean
Acme
Poet.
 Feb 2020 Chuck Kean
Acme
As soon as I stopped caring about
impressing readers my poetry was
all about writing for me and it was
as it should always be. Poet.
 Feb 2020 Chuck Kean
Kage
I didn't want to,
disappoint you.

So I tried to,
reassure you.

But I can't make a reflection
feel emotions
Trees cry deep within
We-unable to hear the sound
Barely brushing a leaf
Knowing it responds happily
Exchanging breaths
Forcefully accepting the water
It was given from above
Pulling it in so it can survive
Even a few drops it cherishes
Roots go deeper than you can see
Protecting feeding beauty breathing
It does it for you
It does it for me
This is
The beat
And you are the fire
They dance around you
And when they're gone
You engulf me
And you say
So confused
Why don't you dance around me
When words taste sick
And I can't seem to
Say the things
I want to
When air is thick
And I can't breathe
The way I'm
Supposed to
When yesterday was better
Tomorrow can't be worse
When I do what I'm told to
And things still twist and turn
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