Graduation

04/12/2020 - Poem a Day Compilation



Twenty-three years have passed

Since I graduated from high school

With all the hopes and dreams

Of a teenager who could do it all



I graduated with honours in potential

To which I never lived up

Even though the signs were already there

Flagging where I was really headed



I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders

Bearing down on me alone

My graduation a stark reminder

That I had no one upon whom to lean.



I feel it still, pressing me down

Making me doubt myself in every way

Wondering if it’s all just a nightmare

And I’ve yet to graduate at all.

Potential Energy

24/08/2020 -  Poem a Day Compilation



There is a concept in science

That relates to the energy possessed

By a body by virtue to its location

Relative to that of others.



A common example can be seen

When a child is on a swing,

Being pushed by their doting parent

Without a thought for the forces at work.



The potential energy is shown

At the very top of the swing,

Just before making its descent

And transforming into the kinetic kind.



The same can be said of writers

When they have an idea form in their head

That is the top of their swing

Before the release of the writing phrase.



So, writers, don’t be afraid

If you get told that you have potential.

This means that all of that energy

Is ready to be unleashed on the world.