This poem is presented in its rough draft form for the PAD 2022 challenge and will be revised.
PAD Prompt: Make Sense
Poetic Form: The Blitz
“Understand against First”
Trying to make sense
Trying to understand
Understand the moon
Understand the pages
Pages of poetry
Pages of your history
History of scars
History told at night
Night filled with wishes
Night lights gone dark
Dark smiles
Dark below the eyes
Eyes that pierce
Eyes filled till blind
Blind to reason
Blind to truth
Truth of fingerprints
Truth of the crime
Crime that is forgiven
Crime not seen
Seen behind clocks
Seen by everyone
Everyone laughed
Everyone wanted more
More of my heart
More of the good stuff
Stuff sold for a penny
Stuff forgotten
Forgotten promises
Forgotten names
Names of strangers
Names of places
Places on maps
Places with no lights
Lights over the table
Lights in the shoes
Shoes torn
Shoes worn
Worn out words
Worn till death
Death by love
Death that carries on
On till we end
On the threshing floor
Floor covered in lies
Floor built first
First to be broken
First heal the cut
Cut…
Broken…
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