SOMETHING FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. By R.M. Engelhardt

Yes

There was a

Once upon a

Time

When we all smiled

And were content

To see the

World though

A lovers eyes

A child's

Realized

That we can't

Leave this earth

Or move on

Unless we left

It far better 

For our kids

Standing in the light

Of what we did

For the sake

Of others

And we

Well

"Us"

Man-kind

Woman-kind

These small

Finite creatures

Limited beings

Supposedly 

Created in the 

Image of God would simply

Be happy, be thankful

Stare off into the

Sunset or at the 

Magnificence of the

Stars in the night 

Sky looking

For meaning

And it

That 

Is what 

We have lost

Something

Fucking beautiful

Something

Fucking true

And real

Never

To be seen

Again

R.M. Engelhardt is an American poet and Writer who is the author of several books over the last two decades including Coffee Ass Blues & Other Poems, The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems of R.M. Engelhardt, The Resurrection Waltz and others. His work has also been published by such journals as Retort, Red Fez, Rusty Truck, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Thunder Sandwich, Fashion For Collapse, 2nd Avenue, The Angry Poet, Winedrunk Sidewalk, Full of Crow, The Outlaw Poetry Network, The Rye Whiskey Review & in many others. His new book of poetry is entitled " Dark Lands" published by Whiskey City Press, 2019.

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