Day 30 PAD 2023

 

This poem is presented in its rough draft form for the PAD 2023 challenge and will be revised.

“Again”

Surprise, you’re just not good enough - again.
The stage lights shine through the cracks
of your armor. The faults can’t be held back,
fear and doubt mix like a spring hurricane.
Surprise, you’re just not good enough - again.

You feel the rumbling of hope on the tracks.
Turn in anticipation, adjust the backpack
you carry your future in, to see a runaway train.
Surprise, you’re just not good enough - again.

A lucky step saves you, a flashback
whirls in your ears of times you unpacked
hope with trembling hands, but in vain.
Surprise, you’re just not good enough - again.

You feel the gravel in your sole, falling back
to here and now, the horizon turning black
as the dust on your coat of arms. Nothing but pain.
Surprise, you’re just not good enough - again.

Poetic Form: Dansa