15 February 2011

mighty

at the battle of known,
in the land of maybe:

dueling shoulds and coulds
swallowed whole
the wanting ifs
trenched between ever and how
vulnerable foil
to never and now.

3 comments:

c-dog said...

Very nice.

Lorne Roberts said...

i like how that militaristic theme continues all the way through.

the 3rd last line is my fave, but the last 3 tie the whole piece up nicely.

bienfait!

cara said...

"the wanting ifs"

I really like that line