Retrospection Poem by Jo R. Escher

Apathetic I cling

To the weeping winds

Memory forever taints the subconscious

I have summoned this visitation

Tangible is this goblet of sadness



Questions like the pendulum swing

Many so

I have wondered where you are

Whom have you become



What dreams have you followed

Has failure left you callous and tired

Are you begrudged and alone

Or has ambition bartered complacency



I cede these memories now

Chastised

We detach to predetermined places

Both searching the abyss of escape

Devoid we linger

Only hurting each other

2006