How Far Must We Go?

At times we crawled beneath the outer realm
As scavengers in search of revelence
Defying subtle guidance from the helm

We pushed aside the path of common sense
Colliding more than once with providence

Why does it have to end in tragedy
Before the light bestills humanity?

@laurie kolp

Prompt inspiration: dVerse Poets

Coloring Outside the Lines

In my head I paint a picture*
of how my life should be
who says what in this or that
situation... which never happens.

Anxiety forms a playground
where doubt and fear can spin
colors twirl and splash everywhere
a blob... no one understands.

Why worry about tomorrow
they say with nonchalance
you don't have to color
in the lines... let it go.

*from Amy Winehouse's "Valerie"

@laurie kolp

Prompt inspiration: d'Verse, Carry On Tuesday