Indigence,
an unwanted embrace
choking dignity’s oxygen
squeezing anger’s slow burn
crushing joy’s heart
Ah, but there it is
in the flatlining curiosity
of hollow eyes:
that faint pulse of hope
Nature’s little joke
beeblu blog
life, or something like it, in poetry and photos
beeblu blog 
Really good stuff beeblu – dense and hard hitting.
Thanks, Gabrielle
Some people live ‘charmed’ lives and others such difficult ones, not experiencing much ‘hope’. How can this be?
Another of those eternal mysteries that drives us crazy if we think on it too long 😦
Terrific wordplay here.
I like this one
Glad to have you visit, Artwebshow.
Natures joke indeed, hope lies dormant ’til something stirs. xPenx
Thanks, Pen 🙂
Visceral, powerful. I feel my throat closing.
life itself versus quality of life – what are your thoughts, Monica?
You pose the most interesting questions. Life has a very powerful way of winning out, until it can’t any longer. We are programmed to survive. I see that fight in the loved ones – human and animal – I have lost.