Illuminating Retrograde Selfie

 

Though you can’t 

See it, conch-like at times 

 

When you’re too much 

With yourself, your better self 

 

Spirals inwards— 

Becoming 

 

A glazed shell 

Of a luminous 

 

Former self. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mind Your Mindsets

 

Mind you— 

 

When you lose 

The desire to listen 

To the voices 

 

Of the people you’ve chosen 

To surround yourself with, 

Pray there’s still enough 

 

Reason left to listen 

To your own. 

 

 

 

Charles Atlas Says Don't Be Left Holding The Bag

 

“Play ball!” because 

That’s where the action is 

And nothing comes 

From nothing and goes 

Nowhere and everyone wants 

To steal the show and score; 

 

So what say you guys stop 

Playing pocket pool all the time 

And start jostling for pole position 

Before some scrawny nobody 

Out of left field shows 

Up and runs 

 

Off with first base, huh?

 

Imperative Rote Learning At Your Ultimate Leisure

 

Reel off sentence after sentence 

As you will, you shall never

 

Taste that unretrievable 

Last one on the tip 

 

Of your tongue, 

Languishing there 

 

Forever still. 

 

 

 

Haiku: Unconditional Surrender

 

Once you’ve accepted 

The poem’s terms, ask yourself 

 

If you were worth it.