in re
to recant something i’ve written
some secret part of me
that however briefly was for a moment
true —-
in the so-called manner of the day
which pays homage to heart
over matters of the mind —-
no matter how false i see it
how base i know it now
i can’t retract a redaction
without telling the lie
that some things never were.
to be not what i thought to be
is now the answer
not the question
which laid my ghost to rest
in the wasteland.
littlepeace finds inspiration for her writing in nature, art and everyday life. her poetry reflects her fascination with the intersection of ancient and modern as well as her love of language and wordplay. her poems are often entirely in lowercase, her philosophy being that 'God is big and i am small, therefore i am lowercase.'
