Spectacular: A Poem

Justification

As self-protection

Conforming and modifying

As appeasement

Avoiding conflict and isolation

Caution breeds buffers

From defensive

And accusatory ridicule

~

Specifications provide ample detail

To take in what is spoken

Bubble-wrapped in hopes of swerving

Out of the realm

Of potential harm

~

Yet, another layer

Of self approaches

Crutches

To ensure feasible guise

Indeed valuable

But simultaneously reinforcing

Fear

~

Protective mechanisms of necessity

Effectively unsure and unremarkable in self

Systems of survival

Ascribed to a newer fashion

Marred as harbored ways

In which truth diminished

Countless moments

~

Countering the power

The absorbed essence of depth within

Leaked out vapors

A universe of cautionary measures

Of not enough

~

A standard protocol

A well-fed mind

To distinguish safe from unsafe

Tangible from intangible

Moved as straight line

Weaving as rigid thread

~

Misinterpretations, thrust upon

Opinions lavished up

Loquacious torturous comebacks

Invasive obtuse daggers

Rejection aligned with failure

Inadequacy piled upon inadequacy

~

All this, harbored

Until the mirrors

Tumbled forth

Shattered shards

Pierced and broken

And in this place: opened

To no-evaporation

~

Stretched and vulnerable

Seasoned and rectified

Blanketed and vivid

Spectacular in her coming

 ~

by Samantha Craft 1/30/16