Soliloquy: Poetry 2022

by Cliff Sowers

I would rather walk alone than to spend another day clinging to the back of this lonely tricycle. Alone is better than lonely.

Is what you are doing today going to be important to you ten years from now? If not, then why are you doing it?

I fear giving myself to someone who gives nothing.

I can handle being alone, but I can't handle being lonely. I can’t handle abandonment. I can’t handle betrayal. I can’t handle being denied. I can’t handle being talked about.

Try to see, the beauty in me. Please, try to see me.

hate would be less painful

You are beautiful but annihilating.

Social media is the most devastating weapon ever created by humankind. Self-importance is a plague, humbleness is the only vaccine. You are not important, humanity is nothing. Try not to be an asshole, you are worthless and your life has no value. Self-importance is a fallacy. Self-importance only applies to you.

We are all equal when we lie in graves. Don't be an asshole. We are humans and we are nothing. Humble yourself.

Poison ivy and pretty girls win wars.

Ring my bell, wring my neck. Choke me, whip me, I'm a wreck.