YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

"Salty Dog"

Apparently authenticity
has always been an illusion;
The pareidolia stain of a now
evaporated false belief.
And for years I dutifully built
a ship to sail this sea of misinterpretation
toward the shore of nowhere

...But, now, at least I know.

I am the Magellan of
my own indubitable stupidity.

You can never have too many poems!

I think this one definitely has to be read out loud for the full effect (though I had to guess at the pronunciation of pareidolia). The alliteration and assonance are lovely -- just enough to ring pleasantly in your ear without being overbearing. It's not something you can really appreciate by just reading it.

Surely you can sail a different sea, yes? And discover something worthwhile...