(Steemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge: Day 70) FREESTYLE LAMENTATION

 

Dear All,

This poem is my 70th submission.

Thank you.

 

 

FREESTYLE LAMENTATION

by Ikhwanul Halim

 

city has shorn the hours of the day
red flowers rise out of the mounds of the dead.
dust on the windowsills
where I awoke to watch children kicking a ball
       in the muddy square

I thought my life would be amusing
revolutionized the way revolutions are performed
but one who stands the chance of been remembered
only for the grounds I broke in psychohistory

make a political point that I cannot now remember
wrongly attributes the force behind a siphon to gravity
an irritating dripping sound
coming from a tap somewhere
       why wouldn’t you stop making that noise?

a ritual of the modern man on disguise
reading brings on a very oppressive mental lethargy
does the dictionary have to include all?
so I couldn’t complain

someone who sees behind the mask of the obvious
despair at people eager to condemn discovery
many regret all the true great have been made
in a world where the past, present and future
       crashing onto singularity

 

Bandung, May 16, 2018

 

This is my 70th submission for 100 Day Poetry Challenge conceived by Daniel Pendergraft @d-pend. I am in Category I.

If you want to participate, please do not hesitate to join Steemit School discord.

Big thank @d-pend for giving me this chance to participate in this event.

 

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