A Childs secret Happiness

by Drew Gold   Feb 3, 2006


Let\'s play a game:

hopscotch around landmines
of intention
while jumping rope
and feeling young

set the missle on cruise control:
the war\'s just beginning.

build up emotion like legos
and watch it fall
like jenga
just don\'t hold your breath.

simon says follow me
into the etch-a-sketch night
painting a clear picture
of broken delight

the ghost\'s in the graveyard
blocked by rusted gates
playing duck, duck, goose
choose which body turns
in its grave

super nintendo imagination
remote control living
your fatality\'s just a
half circle back forward, X\'s
for eyes.

tag, you\'re it
an idea in disguise
wrapped around nostalgia
to make me human

B-4 - your battleship\'s sunk,
and you\'re a fish out of the water
breathing oxygen to life

at the end of the its path
the bullet\'s no longer inside you,
but beside you,
crayon-ing the walls with
peach colored flesh,
stained red

cruisin\' in our hotwheels
we stroll down the familiar alley
alive with the creeks winding
and forests flourishing in our tub;
tap-water genocide + extinction

is the meaning of life
always this cluttered
with \'anticipation\'
and misspelled desire?

monopoly hairstyles above
a single spyglass
sophisticated man
with one left(red) shoe

delight in discovery
we find new meanings to apply
to old dogs with no tricks
up their sleeve, save
their memory

    report violation
0


Did You Like This Poem?

Latest Comments

  • 18 years ago

    by Lenny

    I thought Id read this before! And I had....hmm lets see what did I say last time...lol well I still agree with that but now when I read it its not as confusing. Its a real expression of emotion this piece, and I can see why you would class it in your favourites. Definitely a real release of built up tension with beautiful metaphors and exquisite imagery. It has that sort of blurred effect where you switch from each topic to the next soo quickly. The only problem with that is it makes me read the piece too quickly and puts waaayy too much in my head at once. But its also what draws me to your work, and dammit the addiction is still there. But I think I also like to savour your works and read and digest them one at a time. Thanks soo much for all your comments and I hate to post it on here as I hate it when people say that on their comments of my work but what the heck. Your critique really helps sometimes and I appreciate it alot.

  • 18 years ago

    by Wip lost the Rhythm

    It's about war, and i love the contrast between using the games which are soo childish against something so very harsh and "grown up"

    at first i didn't like the way you used all the games so close togather in each stanza but after reading it all i liked the way it all closed togather in an unconsious effort

    the only advice i could give is to maybe space out the words( game names) more so that they don't feel like they become over used but
    over all
    it's a really good poem : )

  • 18 years ago

    by Loulou

    Wow great job

    tabby

  • 18 years ago

    by Robert Gardiner

    Wonderful write Drew, just exquisite

  • 18 years ago

    by Lenny

    Wow, that was well... confusing. I see how you blended a sort of childhood perspective with the sort of mess and destruction of the world they live in/ are going to grow up to? Its a really weird contrast but taking a sort of childhood comparison is a good idea. And the way you sort of merge the childhood games with what they reflect in the real world is good to. It sort of creates flashbacks in the mind of the child and then the horror. Its really odd, and I cant help but like it.

Read All Comments (5)

More Poems By Drew Gold