Lloyd Wayne Russell- A Poem

Life Without a Safety Net 

Standing in the aura 

small hours 

peaceful

at last.

Starving for the knowledge 

of bliss

drinking from the fountain

of a faded youth

forever gone. 

Middle age has an 

unrelenting strangle hold

around my neck

"you must except this"

the voices sardonically 

stated.

I am finding it most difficult  

this being alone

sitting 

waiting 

riding shotgun on 

the ramshackle dregs

of a society 

morbid 

and at downfall.

I threw heart shaped stones 

at the

glass houses along 

the beaches shoreline  

on my way back

from this cataclysmic 

voyage into the abyss.

Yes 

the last 

22 years of 

drunken 

and 

strange mishaps

have taken their toll.

And then finally 

one insane morning 

I awoke 

finding the safety net had been 

a ruse all along. 

Bio

Wayne hails from Tampa , Florida and has been doing creative writing since he was five years old. Wayne has been published in various zines over the years, including The Cannon's Mouth Quarterly, The Rolling Thunder Press, and Poets Espresso.

Wayne's first flash fiction story “Breaking Point”, has recently been published published at Staxtes.com Greek Literary Review via their “English Wednesdays” Internet zine.