Unrecognizable

ottaross
Poets Unlimited
Published in
1 min readApr 8, 2016

A handful of truth and answers
Sprinkled over the upward-turned faces
Eyes closed, mouths agape
Desperate for puzzle pieces.

Long self-assured
What they would look like
When they came,
But they just bounced
off foreheads
and shoulders
and fell down
around their feet

And were left trampled and unrecognized
Still blowing about in little skiffs
Around the edges of the field
After all had gone.

photo: Piotr Ciuchta via FreeImages.com

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ottaross
Poets Unlimited

Ross in Ottawa was founder, publisher of “PoetsUnlimited” (NOW DEFUNCT). Abandoned MEDIUM after aggressive monetization ruined the platform