AND THE WORLD SPINS ON (photomorph) & A SERE COMFORT (non-dream free verse poem) by Roswila

A SERE COMFORT

the winter outside's nothing --
even sometimes beautiful --
compared to this winter
in my soul, this worst
of a life time of worsts

self-pity and navel gazing may be obnoxious
but so is the cyclical return of this misery

this conniving haunt that circles, a starving
opportunist that feeds and feeds
at will, yet stays ravenous
for the next time around

this could very well be the last worst
to be suffered through and maybe
no sun will be able to warm my spirit
ever again, but only my old bones,
or rather their dust, cremated as much
by angst as by flame

it's a sere comfort, it is,
at times like these to find myself
holding on to the idea of an inevitable
end to everything: it's no less
a comfort than young Linus's
thread bare blanket


[non-dream free verse poem written 11-27-18. "Linus" is that Charlie Brown cartoon character who's very attached to his blanket. I was told I was, too, as a toddler. Photomorph "And the World Spins On" (10-3-11 11324v18) by Roswila]

PLEASE NOTE: in most browsers you can click on the above image for a larger version. Also, the photo accompanying a post is not necessarily meant to illustrate it, but to reflect some small, even slant aspect of the verse, similar to Japanese haiga (illustrated haiku).

There are many other sorts of posts on this blog. I indicate which are about or influenced by dreams. Some non dream focused posts are book reviews, "regular" poems (some by other writers), scifaiku, writing exercises, Tarot haiku, photos, haiga, and so on. However, most of those are in much older posts. There's a listing by month going back to early 2006, at the end of the sidebar.

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until next time, keep dreaming,

[a/k/a Patricia Kelly]
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