Fred Aiken Writing

Tag: self-narration

March 5, 2024

what. sometimes. pretend. to. be.

i am the disembodied flame
written into the fields burnt,
but young,

as fecund, vibrant
organisms abound and surround
my decaying flesh

for all to see and understand
the passing of the torch,
the whispering of a dream

March 2, 2024

self-pep-talk

my knees hurt more days than i’d like to admit,
and one day i think i’ll have to sit down and say, 
self, what have you done to yourself,
but i don’t think i will have any answers
that time won’t already have the solution to at the end of the day