I’m tired of your lament
Offended by everyone
No one escapes your judgment
You’ve grown into a cynic
With a dark depressing soul
Once you were a baby
Whose mother loved you so
Your heart has become so hard
Your mind is so shallow
I must move away
From the darkness of your shadow
Author Bio:
Kim Solem aka Kimmy Alan is a wannabe poet from the land of Lake Woebegone. A retired steel worker who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Kimmy Alan pursed his love of poetry as a distraction while undergoing chemo and radiation. For him, poetry has proven to be a powerful catharsis as he is currently in remission. When he isn’t writing he spends time with his four wonderful nieces, whom he says “are driving him to pieces.”