I guess I'm on a poetry kick for the moment. Then again, posting 2 in a week probably doesn't constitute a trend. I wrote this poem a few years ago. Someone challenged me to use the word "exponentially" in a poem. He had an education in engineering, so it wasn't surprising that he chose that kind of word. It would be like me picking the word "negotiate" or "stifled."
addiction
Statistically, a losing game
That never longs for play
Believing one’s self not the same
Conceals logic away
When every new beginning shows
Such promise to be real
A false comfort of winning grows
Causing me to feel
And though protective I may be
Each early learning phase
Increases exponentially
The depths of hope displayed
For odds are not the calling force
That leads me to engage
My spirit constitutes the source
And draws me to the stage
Arriving there, I close my eyes
And pray my fortune soon arise
I guess I'm on a poetry kick for the moment. Then again, posting 2 in a week probably doesn't constitute a trend. I wrote this poem a few years ago. Someone challenged me to use the word "exponentially" in a poem. He had an education in engineering, so it wasn't surprising that he chose that kind of word. It would be like me picking the word "negotiate" or "stifled."