Expectation Feud

flyingfish

 

I waited, anticipated
Hopes were high, bloated
It was too much to ask, inflated
I lowered my sights, deflated
Tried not to be hurt, shielded
Numbed my senses, phlegmatic
Checked the date and time, could be wrong
I fought back and forth, sparred
Willed a lunge, parry, riposte, touché!
But, when it came, it fizzed
The expectation feud, 
blew out the candles.

  • Author: John Richard Anderson (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 31st, 2021 00:01
  • Category: Unclassified
  • Views: 24
  • User favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek.
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Comments2

  • Thekkinkkattil

    Expectations is the culprit so never let it blow your candle a nice read

    • flyingfish

      Thanks very much. Cheers

    • L. B. Mek

      a child's furrowed brow
      a damning mirror, of modernity's
      'age of anxiety' as declared by W. H. Auden..
      thanks for sharing, dear poet



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