I danced around the opportunity I had to write a "Cascade" poem last year, and was unable. Not a good year for poetry inspiration for me. The Cascade is a form I was just introduced to...you'll see the pattern. The form worked for me in helping me to sum up my experiences of the prior year.....
The Ten Years Ended 2010
How a decade could pass
In a heartbeat…
And yet, the events of that decade overpower me.
While I’d lived my life with texture
Nothing prepared me for
How a decade could pass
My life changed intrinsically
Some things controlled, some out of control
In a heartbeat.
And, striving to not lose faith
To sustain amongst the change that brought me here,
And yet, the events of that decade overpower me.
And you?
How a decade could pass
In a heartbeat…
And yet, the events of that decade overpower me.
While I’d lived my life with texture
Nothing prepared me for
How a decade could pass
My life changed intrinsically
Some things controlled, some out of control
In a heartbeat.
And, striving to not lose faith
To sustain amongst the change that brought me here,
And yet, the events of that decade overpower me.
And you?
