OVERRUN
Don’t ask me to stop my mind from rushing forward
don’t look for me to block the flow of thought
gushing words from an unwritten book which ought
to be published freely within my mind
open and unlined the contents seek me out
unseen by all but me they fly at my waking thought
more quickly than control is able to hold in place
they consume the space and leave little behind, no trace
they were there unless I capture and place them on a page
in sometimes a rage of flow where my heart is torn apart
for lack of ability to get it down, to place it where it might be sought
by others before the fading of the day as darkness grows
amid the rush the knowledge lost emptiness sows.
(Copyright Gordon Kuhn 2012 all rights reserved.)
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I would hope that anyone who reads my poetry understands that I write what comes to my mind and it doesn't mean I'm the reality of the words. I mean that just because I write about alcoholism does not mean I am the character in the poems. I write about those I've known and those I know and a very wide grouping that is of sinners and saints, those who know who and where they are going and those who are completely lost. I am empathic. I write in the first person because I feel the reality of what I am writing about. Like Dean Martin pretending to be drunk while performing I am not what it may seem. Just a thought as I know some out there who read what I write see the words and not the art or the understanding of the problem I am commenting on, nor do they understand that the comment is for the purpose of illustration and not my own personal reality.
Married to a wonderful woman who is my best friend. Ronald Reagan Conservative Republican. Masters of Accounting-Taxation, United States Marine, taught for 10 years at the University of South Florida, held the following professional certifications: CPA, CVA, CFA. Published author, currently writing three novels and a ton of poems.
