Popular Poems About Responsibility

we are so busy
           drowning

 that we don't even
              have time to
                  save ourselves

Let’s just pretend
that I took today off
intentionally.

That my goal was to spend it
on the couch
watching Netflix
instead of in the gym
or doing my taxes
or writing good poetry.

Let’s say that the morning headache
never went away
and I was truly
incapacitated
all day
or
that I was still
recovering from the weekend
and had a deliberate
Day of Sloth
to regroup
refocus
and come back better tomorrow.

Let’s just assume
that was my intent all along
and not...

Letter to my first
I unleashed you
into the world
with the snip of a natal chord

With tenacity we fell
in love at first sight
even then I knew this world
thru me was yours

Three played together
as I watched you
grow strong
from a feeble introduction

To hold your head high
looking up to me
a child-father
no prerequisite nor question

Seems I did the teaching
but truth is
I learned myself
in sacrifice thru you

Re-lived from first step
to remove training wheels ...