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Anywhere Is Far Enough From Here

by Howard F Farewell

Even though we all still know better
To know better than that
We still believe what they tell you

With bloodied hands
And tears that haven’t fallen in years
We struggle to pick ourselves up and out
Of this muck called stuck

08/29/2006

Author's Note: to go with empty words are...

Posted on 08/29/2006
Copyright © 2024 Howard F Farewell

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 08/12/07 at 12:28 AM

This adroitly worded poem can be applied to a lot of things in our lives I think. (May I suggest that 'you' in the third line would be better 'us' to keep it in agreement with the use of 'we' in the first and third lines?)

Posted by Philip F De Pinto on 05/30/15 at 01:26 PM

being unstuck presents its own dilemma, its own burden. lovely ode.

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