REEEEEEEEE!
For Rock's EDGY Challenge
I'm on a low road right now.
There are a literal million things to do and not one of them worth my time.
I would rather sit in place and burn but the orbit takes me on its inevitable route 'round the center; and I a center in my own right, around which others orbit, and so on and so forth, ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
Yeah, I’m on a low road right now, the very swamp of existence where the toads croak, the gators lurk, the moss gathers, and the mosquitos buzz while the stench rises and falls with a nevertheless welcome breeze that cools the burning core of the summer heat.
This is the great noontide—not the promised, ecstatic, glorious Dionysian revel but a cluster fuck in the fetid muck, where the wanderer tromps through Hell unperturbed.
I know the high road is on its way.
Hurry up and wait!—for the valley to become the peak—that’s the secret of when to keep silent, and when to speak.
The resource is exhausted.
The resource is replenished.
If it were an inexhaustible source it wouldn’t need to
REEEEEEEEE!
About the Creator
C. Rommial Butler
C. Rommial Butler is a writer, musician and philosopher from Indianapolis, IN. His works can be found online through multiple streaming services and booksellers.
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So much dread in this poem--the world falling away around you as you remain trapped! Even though it felt so heavy, it was a joy to read! Congrats on the top story (even though I'm late to the party haha)
This is great. Congrats on a well deserved Top Story, fellow Hoosier. ⚡💙Bill ⚡
I just love the way you write, you have a unique voice. I see I missed a lot while I wasn't around this platform. Time to get back to reading :)
That swamp imagery is so strong.
Congrats Top Story
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You’ve said it so perfectly, I have nothing to say - a feat in itself! Marvellous, dear friend, as always
I want to plug in an entry but you already got the kudos...so what the heck Ok, i better find sumptin to write. Love it. KongrATS
Can relate. I enjoy the swampy, grody feeling flowing throughout this.You're stuck in the sludgy reality of life's ungraceful ebb and flows and endless to-do lists of questionable value.
Now looky here Rommie! You done got a top story! I am mighty pleased Sir!
Brilliant work CRB!
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Seems like where my mind usually is at
That stagnant feeling of being stuck in the mud while the world keeps spinning around you is a massive drag. This gets right into the cycle of burning out and waiting for things to flip back. Congratulations on the Top Story!
I love that description of the low road. Nice, Rommi.
Yep, you've perfectly captured that low, in-between state of being. Great work!
'Hurry up and wait' Seems like I've been doing more of that lately, haha. Successful entry, Rommi! Hope it took the edge off.
I believe I have visited this same murky, fetid swamp me self and have no desire to revisit it. Felt this one in my tired bones. Great edgy poem, Rommi!
Scary 🫣
You rocked the edge out of Rock's Edgy challenge hehehehehe. Loved your poem!
Title grabbed my attention; the work kept it. Good work, sir!
scream my friend, SCREAM