Contributor Series 6: A Currency of Words
Words Upon a Plaque
By James G Piatt
Words upon a plaque
Silent memos
Of our lives consisting
Of countless
Inward and outward
Battles lost and won
Lives etched
On slabs of wood
With unmemorable
Words engraved
On thin yellow
Metal foil
A once existence
That can never be
Erased or rewritten
Ghastly words
Outlining forever
Our subsistence
Bland sentences
Haunting the present
Cold metal epitaphs
Constant reminders
What someone thought
Was important in our lives
Sharp barbs pricked
With silent laughter
The telltale remains
Of an invented life
Insincere words
Now forever cast
How one detests
All of those whereases
On a wooden tablet
Hanging silently
In some second hand store’s
Dusty back room
James G Piatt’s most recent poem to appear at vox poetica was The Poet’s Pen in July 2010.
Oh I could attend a tutorial to discuss all the deep innuendos in this poem. It perfectly describes a life with the significances and trivialities that reflect our time on earth. I like to believe, however, that “at the end” more focus will be on the ‘battles won” than the ‘battles lost”, and that there will be sufficient people left behind to laud the positive contributions we made.
Wow all I can say is that you are a great writer! Where can I contact you if I want to hire you?
Thank you Christine….I am so sorry I just got back to your comments….I was not aware that people commented on poems…I would say I am somewhat naive to all of this. Yes….I think the battles won have overcome those lost. Thank you for your kind critique.
james