Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Awful Optimism (from an oxymoron prompt)

Awful optimism
insists I put
foot after foot
in deepest despair.
Somewhere light will
play on the water.
I can't quit, must
persevere to see it.
Tough task master,
life saver.
Awful optimism.

3 comments:

  1. That awful optimism keeps me in tow, too, Victoria. :) Great poem.

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  2. Yes, awful optimism would be a tough task master. I can understand that.

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  3. One foot in front of the other, brilliant that you call it for what it is, "Awful Optimism," how we get by...

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