Na/GloPoWriMo #5: Pennsylvania In Transformation
by Michael Doyle

Based on the prompt and 
Pennsylvania – Poetry Daily (poems.com)

Other children, live freely and wild
As though energized to win the fight -

Standing as I stood.

Said in brave silence
With me, as though violence

said in shout. That would not let it go
I have long since stopped holding breath - 

it's just something.

Feeling a bit too down-n-out,
The knowing of all learning

Off for it's moment, quiet uttering
Lacking game as it was

Life feels done much too short

And then before the other is due
A poem born of empty verse

(c) April 5, 2021  Michael Doyle
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