Stackwell — The Monarch Review
Two Poems – Johnnie Lee Walters Jr. aka “Stackwell”
Monday, June 22, 2015 13:13 — 2 Comments
I Just Want 2 Be Remembered Time passes, making it hard Not 2 think of what could’ve been/ & as many have left my side… I can’t help but think of what would’ve been/ I Regret…But then, God shows me situations worse/ Making any Self-Pity Only work in reverse/ My “Experiance” Has become my Blessing and a Curse/ From Learning what NOT 2 do, Mostly by… Doing it ALL 1st/ & I’m HAPPY 2 be alive, But when my time comes for Passing/ I hope I’m Remembered 4 how I Gave without asking…/ Remembered 4 Laughing, sometimes 2 keep from […]
What am I?
Bioluminescent eye
That sees by the shine
Of its own light. Lies
Blind me. I am the seventh human sense
And my stepchild,
Consequence;
Scientists can't find me.
Januswise I make us men;
Glamour
Was my image then—
Remind me:
The awful fall up off all fours
From the forest
To the hours…
Tick, Tock: Divine me.
-- Richard Kenney
