Friday, April 10, 2020

Helpless

RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR:  CORONAVIRUS SERIES



Helpless

Life does not cooperate with individual will
Life is stubborn and self-directing
It asserts itself without regard for
Schedules of convenience

Life does not care what your
Ambitions or appointments are
It demands that you conform
To its dictates and inclinations

Life is a wayward child that latches
On to you and pulls you where it will
It leaves you helpless and yearning
In desperation and despair

Life does not request your consent
It grabs you by the neck
Pulls you to the naked floor
Compels you to follow without question

You are powerless before her
An infant to a mother
She neither cares nor does not care
She is all there is no other

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