a little guy

what does a poem?
what else but this
to fondly rue
to reminisce
to shine upon
a darker time
to fill a void
to sound a rhyme
make students groan
a somber tone
or scholars scoff
their nose aloft
well without them
i'd scorn the pen
i see no hope
in minds of men
that don't disclose
a love of prose
or high regard
a clever bard
a thought well writ
can never flit
it stays and haunts
politely taunts
to think upon
from time to time
the soul inside
a stack of lines
what does a poem?
what can they show?
i do not ask
i only know.

nostalgia

i want to live in a world that is less nostalgic
i want our history to be less malleable by way of flattering cinematic portrayal

i want to live in a world that is less nostalgic because the moment is meaningful
where the past does not haunt and the future does not loom

i want to keep my best days ahead of me

i want to look on the future the way retired athletes look on the past