What’s Pokin’ At Me
A Poem ~
Explain it to me
Help me to understand
Convince me that you’re right
Do not discharge me out of hand
I write frank and relatable rhymes,
depictions of life’s circumstance,
in the raw artless tenor of our times.
I write both prose and poetry
about anything from A to Z,
people, politics, and piety,
or whatever else is pokin’ me.
My body long ago betrayed,
but my mind is staging a coup
as I dare to engage and explore
alternative points of view.
I ponder and I scrutinize
viewpoints other than my own.
New insights and perceptions
are affirmation I have grown.
Acorns of enlightenment
grow to convictions that define.
Doing my due diligence
gives me confidence to opine.
I make sense of the world and life
by thinking independently.
Trust my observations and experience
to guide me existentially.
Words so often confuse and confound.
I mull them over and roll them around.
Like a marble unsure of where it is bound,
I too search for level ground.
Ridge © 2023
