Max Reif’s most recent poem to appear here was “Anticipation” (September 2017)
Paradox
By Max Reif
How empty
I must first be
to become
so full,
how dead
to become
so alive
Helplessness,
it sometime seems,
is my only skill.
It's just poetry, it won't bite
02.02.18 Posted in today's words by Annmarie Lockhart
Max Reif’s most recent poem to appear here was “Anticipation” (September 2017)
Paradox
By Max Reif
How empty
I must first be
to become
so full,
how dead
to become
so alive
Helplessness,
it sometime seems,
is my only skill.
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Great poem, well stated with an economy of words. Great job!
Yes! A fine piece!
I can relate to this!