Looking Back

razor sharp ideas cut

through a consciousness

dedicated to preventing

mental disharmony,

finding acceptance in

an obscure fjord of

thought erosion unseen

since early childhood;

innocent and precocious 

instincts wither away

at the hands of righteous

influence brought about

with the best of intentions

while miserably failing

due to cultural differences

of in congruent generations;

wasted years flourished

without hesitation and mobs

of angry mental notes

were pasted on the wall

as empty reminders that

journeys follow the least

likely path, discovered only

by the looking back syndrome.

6Jul14