Category: Poetry

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Poetry Monday: Lethargy

Is this depression – 
A lack of interest
In all things
In everything
In nothing – 
I just lay here
With my thoughts
No distractions
Nothing to stop me
From thinking too much
A downward spiral
Into the darkness
Because of boredom – 
Am I just bored
And feel unhappy
Because I’m not
Entertained – 
Are boredom
And depression
The same thing
But from different
Perspectives
Like the opposite
Sides of a coin – 
I can force
Myself into some
Activity
Something to keep
The darkness away
But it’s always there
Lurking
Plotting
Biding its time
Waiting to consume
When I’m most
Vulnerable – 
Why do I
Feel this way
Why do I
Always return
To the black pit
Standing at the edge
Thinking that
Dark mystery
Is more attractive
Then life
Then living
Then love – 
I don’t want
To go into the pit
But I’m running
Out of directions
To turn

From the poetry collection Cats, Coffee, Catharsis.

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Sunday Sharing: Edgar Allan Poe

This week’s Sunday Share is “El Dorado” by Edgar Allan Poe.

El Dorado

   Gaily bedight,
   A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
   Had journeyed long,
   Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.

   But he grew old,
   This knight so bold,
And o’er his heart a shadow
   Fell as he found
   No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.

   And, as his strength
   Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow;
   “Shadow,” said he,
   “Where can it be,
This land of Eldorado?”

   “Over the mountains
   Of the moon,
Down the valley of the shadow,
   Ride, boldly ride,”
   The shade replied,–
“If you seek for Eldorado!”

Poe, Edgar Allan. “El Dorado by Edgar Allan Poe.” Poets.org, Academy of American Poets, http://www.poets.org/poem/el-dorado.

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Caturday Poetry: The Feline Experience

I envy the cat’s life – 
Whether it be small cats
Big cats domesticated
Wild or feral
It’s simple – 
No bills taxes jobs
Coffee shops or schools – 
Maybe a hairball
Now and then – 
I too wish to sleep
All day without a
Care in the world
But that’s the
Feline experience – 
Not the human experience – 
Experiences are overrated
I prefer to stay home
With my cats

From the poetry collection Cats, Coffee, Catharsis.