Mediocrity redeemed
As necessity siphons good habits
and in pain God screams,
patience waits behind lumber trucks
serenading songs about wooden deaths,
forgotten like coffeehouse table formulas for world peace;
penned in crayons, marked, yet
ripped, torn, and thrown in the dumpster out back.
Redeeming the mediocrity of life,
you, hardly seen, but experienced consistently.
Author Note: more an expose more on dependence than independence this fourth and the discovery of transcendence in the mundane
About the author
I live with my wife, an artist, in Indianapolis. Besides poetry, I like to take photographs, read books, travel overseas, and listen to news/political podcasts, college lectures and classic literature. You can read about my approach to poetry on my poetics page. To stay in touch, follow me on Twitter or connect on a variety of other social networks.
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