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what's up with you?

by Richard Trotter

Friend, you ask, what ails you
when thought and wisdom fails you
when flower roots derail you?
I answer glumly, 'tis her hair
that falls like a shattered stair
desperately leading nowhere.
And the stars that shine on sadness
to pick out each facet of madness
and certain people's coldness:
With their rows of hangman faces
betrayed in different places
the wide and gaping lonely spaces:
So the lessons I cannot learn
leave the hollow man to yearn
willing the pages to turn.

06/03/2004

Posted on 06/03/2004
Copyright © 2025 Richard Trotter

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Stephanie Kent on 06/03/04 at 08:35 PM

"'tis her hair that falls like a shattered stair desperately leading nowhere." This has such beautiful captured moments.:) xx

Posted by Ginette T Belle on 06/03/04 at 09:03 PM

great poem, great flow...i love it

Posted by Michele Schottelkorb on 06/04/04 at 08:14 AM

great rhyming scheme and rhythm... leaves you with a longing and sadness for this "hollow man"... very good, richard... blessings...

Posted by Melissa Arel on 06/07/04 at 06:39 PM

hey richard.. havent been on here in a while but its exciting to see your works again.. excellent!

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