Platitudinian Poem by Wilfred Mellers

I so easily you can forget
Ornaments hanging and the stage was set
Forgettable I like Elliot Nest
I the 800-pound gorilla beating his chest

Fade to unfertile soil and pastures go I
Modest bohemian though I try
Disturb I, no, but misdiagnosed
Traveled I from coast to coast

Winterless dawn and the spring came
Pursuant honor that comes with fame
A cold breeze blew and an autumn leaf fell
Coins tossed into a dry wishing well

Changed perspective with the passing season
Pleasantry forsook without rhyme or reason
In the darkness, I once stood
To chase the clouds away I would

Once upon a time the brightest of the stars
Baggage's revealed your battle scars
Mixed up moods showed your attitude
Forgotten child not meaning to be rude

Once summer was all so new
Under blue skies, a mockingbird flew
Freshness blew once in the air
Romance sought was once there

Now your seasons turn so gloom
Out swept my luck by a straw broom
Now the wolves bark at the moon
But better days will come home soon

360 degrees circles my cipher
A tune of new plays the blind piper
Messages coded for you to decipher
For the baby outgrow his dirty diaper

Through the joy, pain, and the laughter
The sun still shines ever after
I Sir Galahad on a white steed I mount
Down I went but not for the count