are you a life force?
by Kitty Boots
do you keep pushing, keep hoping
do you do a good deed every day (well, at least most of the time!)
are your thoughts pure? (well, there are exceptions!)
are you afraid sometimes, in the night, in the wind
as it beats down your maelstrom thoughts
and crashes a branch through your dreams?
as you walk masked, do you miss the smiles?
do you cry for just yourself, or do you think of others?
has the burial of the dead become abbreviated?
is your mourning as such?
are your signs truly consistent with your feelings?
do you feel like oil and water,
better to be on top?
on top of what?
life
surviving
we grapple
we believe
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Author's Note
A line from the band CAAMP's song, "By and By," inspired this, "are you a life force?" Thank you, Evan Westfall, Taylor Meier and Matt Vinson. Hope you guys don't mind...it has stuck in my mind for weeks.
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Not familiar with CAAMP, but any band I can think of would be flattered to have inspired this poem. It's one of your best, Kitty (I say this despite the Sweet Corn Salad I've been nibbling on since I got it from Kelsick Market this afternoon. Enjoying it especially as they've misspelled the label as "Street Corn."
Really, this poem touches more bases than some of us may be comfortable acknowledging.
Thank you, Matt. I feel so unmotivated sometimes, discouraged, weighed down. oppressed, etc., but, I continue to believe that we can work this shit out.
Check out CAAMP! You'd love them.
let's keep on believing *
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Strong closing:
"do you feel like oil and water,
better to be on top?
on top of what?
life
surviving
we grapple
we believe"
The poem forces the reader to consider, to meditate - as poetry should do.
Good piece, Susan.
I like what Sam said, "The poem forces the reader to consider, to meditate - as poetry should do."
Yes, the brutal power of words. Thank goodness! *
This one has lots of drive. The insistence works. Brave poem. *
"maelstrom thoughts" is terrific!
Thank you, Beate.
Thank you, Sam.
Thank you, Tim. I want to collaborate again! :)
Thank you, John. Tryin' to stay brave!
Thank you, Bill.
I enjoyed this! The title asks the question and the poem explains it. It is a life force.
(Love your economy, as always.)
Lovely piece.
Thank you, Dianne.
Thank you, Gary.
Nice work as usual, Kitty.