Chris G Vaillancourt’s most recent poem to appear here was Fibreglass Boats and Lemonade Stands (June 2011). Look for announcements about his new poetry collection forthcoming from unbound CONTENT …
At Life’s Doorstep
By Chris G Vaillancourt
By Chris G Vaillancourt
Desperation.
It lifts me.
Defines me.
Don’t want to die.
Yet every molecule is decaying.
Every brain cell is fractured.
The world ends. I cannot save it.
The world calls. I cannot hear it.
Endless confusion. Endless tension.
Screaming. No one acknowledges me.
Confused, confusing, rambling.
When I wake up in the morning
I’m still smelling the wood of my coffin.
This brought me to tears. Good job.
Yikes and double yikes.
Touching and sad and very real.
Said so clearly for so many unable to say it.
Thanks again – for the gentle energy of poetry.