fate laughs at me this morning laughs at my puny attempts to change the course of the river that is taking me out to sea. cracked lips numb hands frozen shoulders sour heart. feeling heavier and heavier by the day like some faraway dark star alone in the universe about to implode.

The fate laughs at me this morning by Rick Belden, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Hi Rick. Gorgeous, lonely poem. I’ve nominated your blog for a beautiful blogger award at http://ptsdcreativewriting.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/beautiful-blogger-award/
Thank you, Amy, for both your comment on this poem and the nomination. Much appreciated.