shadow boxer

Post by **constantine** » October 22nd, 2008, 8:37 am

dark enemy
quick to the punch
countering your every move
there is only one fight
all your efforts
the training, the regimen
are woefully inadequate
jab, right cross
upper and undercut
hooked, caught in the clinch
passive-aggressive,
self-defeated and innocuous
why must you fight yourself like this
a battle you can never win

Post by **saw** » October 22nd, 2008, 10:36 am

you have to know when to duck, dino.....we beat ourselves up far more than the rest of the world....enjoyed the imagery...

Post by **constantine** » October 22nd, 2008, 3:34 pm

thanks saw.

Post by **SmileGRL** » October 23rd, 2008, 5:27 pm

...stop boxing then. sometimes the beauty is in the sitting down and the watching life unfold. but we like to box, some of us. specially ourselves

Post by **constantine** » October 23rd, 2008, 6:25 pm

thanks again, sg, for your comments on butter and shadow boxer.

Post by **goldenmyst** » October 23rd, 2008, 7:05 pm

Constantine, self flagellation can be pleasurable, though painful. Maybe that's its allure. Great poem!

John

Post by **constantine** » October 23rd, 2008, 10:38 pm

thank you john.