Original Poetry Forums

Times

03-26-2019 at 01:19:14 PM

Times

Please crtique

Times

There were times along the way,
When words were easy to say,
And I wrote songs for the day.
Those that came into my head,
And some from words that were said.
But on one fateful day, I did not foresee,
I became someone else, no longer free,
And I am not the man I used to be.
Now days bring nary a dream,
Or words to say what I mean,
And there is no place to go,
When all the answers are no.

But when I sleep and lose my sight,
My mind can at times take flight,
And there will appear another path,
Where I find words I can craft.
The words would come and be keen,
To circle me and wipe clean,
From my soul any sorrow or blight,
So now, I can now write songs for the night.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.