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"The World Can Wait"
by Max PhineasYou watch the kids
Get their fifteen minutes
(It's not your style to come center stage)
The wars you've waged
When it's heart versus reason
Have taken their toll;
your weather-worn voice
screams silently out
The glint in your eye grows dimmer,
for a moment
and I know it's another small battle
You've lost to the elements within.
I know I can't smooth rough edges
Round sharp corners
Or iron out creases in your brow
But please just let me
Set at ease your soul
If just for a moment,
So you'll smile. 12/14/2007
Author's Note: If only...
Posted on 12/14/2007
Copyright © 2024 Max Phineas
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Erin Jones on 12/14/07 at 02:36 PM This is beautiful. Just beautiful. :) |
| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 12/19/07 at 04:45 AM You continue on with you "wisdom" poetry, but now you're learning that the world doesn't always agree with you or anyone else. The last 2 stanzas and the last line, appear as if they are something a mother might say to a daughter.
~Chelle~ |
| Posted by Jean Mollett on 03/10/08 at 04:24 AM Hi Callie,
I agree too, it's so beautiful. Yes, it does sound like something a Mother would say to her child. Great write. Keep them coming. :) |
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