Have a Tiny Tidbit of Despair

October 31, 2020

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week, in honor of Halloween, is the spirit.

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A Halloween poem about the need to taste despair if one is to know the truth of life:

Have a tiny tidbit of despair,
A little taste of what most must consume,
Letting go the blessings you assume,
Letting go the myth that life is fair.
Oh, savor it, that bitter, bitty bite,
Worthy of your easy empathy!
Endure this brutal world vicariously,
Even for a moment, that you might
Not be so thoroughly ignorant of life.

© by Nicholas Gordon

To see this poem on my site, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/havea5.html. For more Halloween poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/halloweenpoems.html .

This week’s theme: The Spirit
October 26: Hear, O Spirits! The World, the World Is One
October 27: Here Is So Much More than Here
October 28: Hell Does Not Admit Those Who Are Loved
October 29: Have a Little Sunshine in Your Heart
October 30: Hopes Last Longer than Their Disappointments
October 31: Have a Tiny Tidbit of Despair