Just a flash in the pan
Still enough to jar the heart of this tin man
Like Peter Pan,
Suspended in never, never land
Wishing for time to stand still
To prolong swallowing this bitter pill
That will turn hope into a landfill
Reach out for every route of escape
Over every open eye I drape
Upon every spilling vein I tape
Revert to internalize
Irrationalize
Rashly romanticize
An apathetic agnostic
The kindred I lost it
They say ignorance is bliss
Not knowing you would be better than this
But that’s just a lie I tell myself
From this terse verse derived valuable wealth
There’s safety in numbers
Certain truths rolling around tumblers
Trying to embody a spirit that unencumbers
White night light to the late fright night slumbers
Warriors don’t dispense justice
They bid at the behest of some Agustus
I’m just exercising my to free speech
Please pardon my penchant to preach
A socratic student speaking out loud to self-teach
Hope my quest for peace of mind others can leech
Always sought sanity in seclusion
Sentiments of solitude is an illusion
Crucial is communication, no delusion
All of life is an allusion
So for your acquaintance this thanks i’m giving
In memory your ethos will keep living
But you’ve clouded my head like noxious vapor
To clear my conscious i have to put you on paper
So I sketch this enduring portrait
To capture the essence of an endearing moment
If a picture is worth a thousand words
An unfinished canvas is worth infinity deferred
Sometimes there’s more beauty in the unknown
So I pretend it’s not over, just postponed
Some subjects may appear greater upon reflection
Pretty sure the poetic license permits inflection
But seriously, your affinity for math and science, I revere
Combined with the mind of skeptical defiance, I truly hold dear
Next time I’m in a bodega I’ll be sure to pour out a beer