poem-ostrich day | Shawn L. Bird

poem-ostrich day March 4, 2016

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 9:01 am
Tags: alliteration, allusion, assonance, confusion, consonance, grief, loss, memories, memory, metaphor, mourning, poem, poetry, rhyme

I am overwhelmed

by my responsibilities

and the weight of my grief

that creeps up unexpectedly

to undermine my clarity

to bury me with memories

and underscore my sense of loss.

I’ll hide myself from Helios: find

some sand to stick my head beneath.

4 Responses to “poem-ostrich day”

Maureen Sudlow Says:
March 4, 2016 at 12:21 pm
exactly

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  March 4, 2016 at 6:23 pm
  🙂
  
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righteousbruin9 Says:
March 4, 2016 at 8:05 pm
Here be scorpions, reminding me that underneath the sand, lie more challenges.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  March 4, 2016 at 10:11 pm
  Oh dear! I’m afraid I do not like those shiny little beasts with their nasty venomous tails!
  
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