Unfortunate Enlightenment Poem by Lenny Camacho

Unfortunate Enlightenment

Rating: 5.0


A hostage and
a ruler.

The covenants,
we've all made them:
Don't
Won't
Can't
but, perhaps, some day you might
if I ever allow it.
Ever.

Forget about it.
Nevermind.

Bring your friends over and
let them learn:
is love suicide or genocide?
It's neither.
Perhaps, it is both.

Come,
abandon yourself in my arms
and
rest for a while,
while we wait for your friends to show.
Turn every light off
and
tell me again about the time you weren't brave.
You may yet learn something tonight, boy:
I'm not here and
neither are you.

I'm the ruler of this realm.
I'm the hostage of your pain.

Monday, June 23, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: reflection
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Pradip Chattopadhyay 27 June 2014

this is an excellent thought-provoking poem.

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