kaolin fire presents :: writing :: poetry :: LifeinFiveVerses

"LifeinFiveVerses"

BIRTH

birth, life
is forever
transcendence, begin to
learn to experience; I
am me

CHILDHOOD

learning
living in worlds
of my devising; thoughts
overwhelm me; I am ever
changing

ADOLESCENCE

raging
hormones rule me
I fight for desires; I
desire to fight, love, only to
be me

MATURITY

repeat
mundane tasks; over
and over; self stagnating
acquired responsibilities
boredom

DECAY

fighting
losing self; less;
less of me survives now
endless torment? Triumph! for I
was me