POETRY | RHYMES WITH A REASON

What You Knew But Didn’t Say

Reflections on a cloudy day

Photo by Jeevan Jose on Unsplash

Once upon a cloudy day
I saw a flash from far away
and as I sat to think on it…

Ah, screw that.

I refuse to be just another
sing-song bullshit happy verse or
rainbow unicorn fart with rhymes
about your future, brighter times.

I choose to ring the honesty bell
and tell you where you find yourselves
on this path from bad to better
half-assed attempt to live together.

You’re fucked.

I know you’d rather hear from me
vapid praise and positivity
kissy, kissy lovelorn quatrains
about how sunshine follows the rain.

But…

Half the people that you know
believe in fairy tales and ghosts.
Conspiracies without foundation
support your most important nations.

You can’t dissuade them of their myths
nor they of yours, you ignorant twits…