Poem 5/8/18

Ignorance

Penetrates a deep pond with a blanket soaked in scum

As he sets a paper boat afloat into the crashing waves

I have felt it before, but only as a victim

And no one can disrupt the demeaning dreams that visit him every night

In his ignorant peace

Because if someone told him the truth the world would turn upside down

So that skies would line the trees

And dogs would run from bees

And the hottest water would simultaneously freeze

And when he wakes up he takes all my reality away from me

She rides in her car down the street

So full of energy that it can only come out as evil

And she has all the power in the world and only shows it to those

Who see her riding at night

Her car leaving behind a trail of pixie dust

And in her dreams she was once a unicorn

And she knows all the truth that could break his world

And sometimes I see her car flying past me as I look out the window at night

And the glitter she interprets the tire tracks to be are perfectly symmetrical

And she reminds me of a mom that hates everything but her children

Because the world has betrayed her

And her ignorance transforms into the life only a child could interpret