Skip to main content

Reasonable Words





Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash


I married my small town
There was no shotgun
I had a way out &
My youngest son was set

When faced with a choice of flight
& hoping to find you
While hoping you would find me
I chose love & sacrifice over poetry

Truth is though poetry never left
Never will leave
Moves as I move
But I may have sacrificed
Any chance with you
I was not afraid to risk
All my coin on a pitch & toss
Then write 10,000 words
That makes a gain of loss
I just couldn’t tell what was true
You seemed to prefer your solitude

Aside from that
There was a need
A weight that fell
Upon some I love
There was no providence coming
Other than what these hands
With what
I had in my hands
In my heart
In my mind
With my choice

This is not to say no one cared
It’s just that it’s ruggedly
Individualist out here
& the trickles
Never get anything close to
Raising our boats
Some would hug you
Hope for the best
And feed you fried chicken
At the all-volunteer fire department
On 1st Saturdays
But even those who
May have had a way
Relied on misguided interpretations
Wrong-headed applications
Accidentally worshipping
Like the Pharisees
Throwing tea parties
Shouting taxed enough already
& when things fall apart
Sincerely believing
It must be God’s will

Maybe laying on of hands means
Love each other in action
Maybe holiness has its roots in wholeness
In making each other whole
With understanding
On loving everyone
Doing the highest good
One knows can be done
Each day self-examining
& learning some
21st century literacy

So, I took all my resources
And saved one sinking ship
I’m no hero
Just a man who knew
It might be a last opportunity
To protect what he knows to be true
In a real physical situation
Something like blankets and coats
In an arctic freeze season
So, I married my small town
Because in the beginning
There was reason


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

The 5 People Who Make Life Heaven

They listen when you need to talk Talk when you need to listen They know your darkness Let you know theirs Without judgement and expectation You can talk to them about how you see things They don't get angry or anxious when you disagree Trust you enough to say what they really think Read tweets and novels Never make you beg or grovel Won't allow it Remind you that you're better than that Lay some of their burden on you Let you behind their wall Feel welcome behind yours You feel each other with heart and mind Even if you don't explain yourself  They get you You get them These are the ones that make life worth living Make you love to be alive Reflect you to you Teach and learn Some days the lead singer Some days the band These are the ones You can count on one hand (c) Ron Kennedy 

Poetry Tree

I saw no birds grieve No fallen leaves No branches on the ground None made a sound It wasn’t rotten It didn’t die in a storm Capitalism came In its progress form To take one of my last  Best refuges from me I may be the only one who noticed The death of my poetry tree.