The Truth About Us...

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Poetics Aside Prompt: Take the phrase “The Truth About (blank),” replace the blank with a new word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write the poem.

Longing is that part

Of being human

That can never be entirely met

But it spurs the dreamer

To the dream

And keeps us looking

Ahead

I have found a reprieve

Of sorts

For the greater longing

Within

It bleeds in

Ink-drops shaping words

Its crux; a pen

The truth about us

Is nothing new

Too soon we all grow old

But longing

Drives us from the warmth

To search

In bitter cold

© Janet Martin