Nevermore…
Should the stomachs of poor children groan
for each deserves love and a comfortable home;
the freedom to be without cruel sticks and stones.
Nevermore…
Should the drumbeats of conflict and war
send our young, future’s promise, to settle the score
of cowardly men who want more and more.
Nevermore…
Should the outcast and poor refugee
be loathed and abused, for they deserve to be
welcomed, embraced in community.
Nevermore…
Should the old, forgotten, infirmed,
be denied the respect that they’ve rightfully earned.
They’ve lessons to teach if we’ll listen and learn.
Nevermore…
Should women be ignored or dismissed
as the weaker of sexes, for I’ll tell you this…
there is no stronger force than an empowered “miss”.
Nevermore…
Should we idolize power and spew
our poisonous plans for a cold selfish few
while the rest of us scrape along just to make do.
Nevermore…Nevermore…Nevermore.
Now you may think I am being naive
to think things might change if we’d all just believe.
Well I can imagine, that’s what dreamers do.
I know that eventually dreams do come true.
So I hope for a day when our troubles are few;
when the word nevermore is a word never used.
~kat
NaPoWriMo 2017 #29 – a poem based on a word from one of my favorite poems by Edgar Allen Poe…The Raven…Nevermore.
like mercury colliding... 
April 29th, 2017 at 9:52 pm
a powerful poem, Kat, I love it!
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April 29th, 2017 at 10:23 pm
Thank you Lady Lee! ❤️
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April 29th, 2017 at 11:07 pm
Wow gorgeous writing but also your speaker talks of such unfortunate and terrible things, ongoing battles in the world of minorities, and all kinds of war. It’s very good and the words you use pull the reader right along. “nevermore” is any interesting word as it almost means the opposite as it’s true meaning as in a imperfect world, these bad things will always happen. But there is hope at the end and I like how you write about the word ‘nevermore’ never being used again both in the context of your poem and because of Edger Allan Poe’s creepy story about ‘The Raven’ .
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April 29th, 2017 at 11:16 pm
Thank you Mandi. I always have hope. 🙂
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April 29th, 2017 at 11:30 pm
I’m glad. Me too 🙂
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April 30th, 2017 at 11:40 am
Fantabulous! 🌹🌹🌹
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April 30th, 2017 at 12:04 pm
Wow this is great Kat! Very powerful. I keep a book of Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories next to my bedside.
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April 30th, 2017 at 1:39 pm
Love love love EAP! One of my favorite pieces is “Eureka”. He was a deep deep thinker. Just my type! 😊
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