Just a Small Poem

Letterlike

Laura K. Abeid

Dear innocence,

I’ve fallen to grief

I have lost all common sense

Oh innocence

As young and green as a leaf.

Dear innocence,

I’m running blind

The world is not making sense

Oh innocence,

I’m out of my mind.

Dear wanderlust,

I’m trapped inside

Feeling everything turn to dust

Oh wanderlust,

I can’t choose or decide.

Dear wanderlust,

All my islands are sunk

I cannot leave, but I must

Oh wanderlust,

Get me out of me funk.

Where have I gone?

Wandering down memory lane

Writing vapidity

Painting variety

Singing vehemently

Oh, oh

I’m drowning, but I can’t drop the pen

It seems it cannot end

Bringing it back to light

Everything is letterlike.

Dear lullaby,

I am sorry for you

It seems I’m waving goodbye

Oh lullaby,

A lovely day anew.

Dear lullaby,

Why can’t they see

The warmth that runs on by?

Oh lullaby,

Don’t come haunting me.

Where have I gone?

Wandering down memory lane

Writing vapidity

Painting variety

Singing vehemently

Oh, oh

I’m drowning, but I can’t drop the pen

It seems it cannot end

Bringing it back to light

Everything is letterlike.

Where have I gone?

Wandering down memory lane

Writing vapidity

Painting variety

Singing vehemently

Oh, oh

I’m drowning, but I can’t drop the pen

It seems it cannot end

Bringing it back to light

Everything is letterlike.