A Poem Poem by Jonzo Bandwagoner

The waterfall in front of me is looming.
I think about life,
Or perhaps I’m not thinking of life at all
But pain, and how painful it is to see
Life fall like this booming waterfall
In front of me

I can’t blame anyone, this idiotic reverie
Of swimming up the waterfall, well,
That’s life
And I’m closing my eyes to the pain,
But maybe it’s not the pain I’m focusing on,
It’s something more.

Switchfoot, in the fifth song from their second album,
Really captured what I feel. Or maybe the last song
From their first album; or maybe this waterfall
Is so deafening
That no one can hear the words
Over the roar

And this really isn’t poetry anymore,
I despise poetry because
This waterfall is NOT really a reality;
The reality is, I am hurting and yearning
And no amount of poetry will ever save me
From it

Well, this poem
Really doesn’t have
A good ending;
I’m going to see
If there is any soup
Left in the kitchen
And then I’ll
Probably pray,
Because maybe,
Just maybe, I’m
Heard by a God
Who really does love
All my reveries
And my thoughts
And my dreams
And this waterfall
And maybe, there’s a 99.9%
Chance: He’s painting my life with an articulate brush.