If God has a reason I would imagine it would be to teach us love and to help. It’s on us but we let them down. That’s one reason the thought of billionaires sicken me. They could help but most either don’t or just do enough for a tax write off.

Great ink

Nice rhythm love the joker in batman creation

Welcome to Gotham.

Why so serious? Lol 🃏
But seriously, this is very good, Damian.

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Mary. So glad you connected with the write my friend. It’s not really about the Joker, to be truthful. The first two lines are from an old song that was just a silly song that J.J. Burton and I penned the words to in like 1993. But I always liked the first two lines, so I just wrote something else to them. He mentioned the Joker because he was a fan, and I just used that to make the first two lines. lol. A little backstory for you, I always ramble on. lol. Appreciate you.

Damian

hello dearest Damian I really liked this one I guess the joker would kind of be Lucifer always laughing at peoples pain really your poem rocks as they do anyway 💕

Fantastic work.

The first thought I have is a person or boss egging you on while you struggle.or just being smug. Laughing at your pain kinda thing.

Great ink, friend

As usual, I may be reading this wrong. But I’m feeling a sense of apathy is just as deadly as hate/evil. Those who don’t speak up for others, give their silence as a voice to the bullies. It definitely has my mind going, my friend

This is an interesting piece starting off one way and flipping it around. That is how life is, right?

The first one is better in my opinion. Our minds are a battlefield.

Phenomenal write, Detritus. Amazing work my friend. Appreciate you.

Damian

very beautifully crafted 💕

Gratitude sounds in the words of eyes that see liminally on the day of the first harvest festival on the wheel of the year.

Sounds like you’re out at a lake at night. Nice

Thank you all for your kind words and support! I feel blessed to be part of this site.

Clay

Thank you both for reading and your comments! That morning truly was inspiring.

The atmosphere of this awesome poem is magical! Are you from Ireland, Detritus?

Thank you for the read and the comment, Sappho! I am from east coast usa, though, I do have some irish ancestry along with welsh and Italian.

There appears to be magic between each of your words: highlighting gently, holding safely, yet – finishing with a subtle flourish. Perhaps your ancestry dictates your broad imagination, sir.

People seem to think of ancestry as being branded on mind and spirit. But we are all individuals touched by where we go, who we meet, how life loves or brands us. Don’t we use what is at the core and then instinctively react?
Perhaps one has to slip into the distant future to find out?!