Here’s something unusual for the blog: a poem.
I am mainly a fiction writer. I put a considerable amount of effort into it. I worry about the quality, and I’m constantly striving to be better. I don’t often write poetry, and I don’t consider myself a poet. Since I finished school, I don’t think I’ve ever sat down with the intent to write a poem. So when I write poems, it’s usually an accident. Some small phrase or stanza pops into my head, and the rest of the thing follows.
This poem came as a response to some of the pessimism around modern politics and the sky-is-falling, world-is-ending rhetoric. Not political ideology, just a passing feeling. I don’t have the expertise to judge whether it’s any good, but it might as well go out into the world instead of rotting on my hard drive. Enjoy!
Another Song, Another Kiss
They say it’s getting worse.
Look how people talk,
How they behave.
Look at politics.
We live in different worlds.
(Nobody has ever said
Politics is getting better)
And if you don’t believe it's all falling apart,
If you don’t live in fear,
Or you dare to hope,
You’re a fool, or worse: complicit.
But they forgot the feeling:
The first time hearing
Your favorite song,
The first time kissing
Someone you love
The future is not all bad.
There are more good things in store.
Tomorrow has a surprise for you
And you’ll never guess.
Words Deferred 
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