Future Imperfect
Words.
Utilitarian mercenaries
Of deceit.
Actions
The loud exclamations
Of awareness.
The active and passive
Construction
Of a life sentence
Past and present.
The active and passive
Construction
Of a life sentence
Past and present.
Ah, but patterns—
Words upon words,
Actions upon actions,
With patterns
I can see
The future.
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© J Cosmo Newbery 2016
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So true!
ReplyDeleteThese lines are just so good:
ReplyDelete'The active and passive
Construction
Of a life sentence
Past and present.'
It all come together in the future of what's passed...
ReplyDeleteLove your third line (and the whole poem). So passionate. So true. So very telling...
ReplyDeleteOh, how I love poems that play with and ON language! Chuckling because this seems something good to share with my daughter when we work on her grammar homework -- although I'm sure the larger meaning would escape her at 8. :-) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThe active and passive
ReplyDeleteConstruction
Of a life sentence
Past and present.
that's very cleverly put.
I love this, especially your opening lines.
ReplyDeleteWords as patterns....I love that!
ReplyDeleteWords - powerful words - sometimes they linger in our minds forever and we can never let go.
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