Peace in the house, A–Z
an incomplete guide
Average the
costs
contained in
conflicted—
me;
brave the
challenges
chanced by
characterizing as human—
them;
consider
another
analogy
announcing—
I
decide
altogether
all people could be,
altruistically—
we;
eviscerate
guilt
guile
grand schemes of—
us;
forget
everything
everyone
ever told—
you—
generically and
specifically this, a
species of
spelled out—
our
historically
transfigured
transfixed
transferred—
other,
(those)
ischemic
stories
stuttering to a
stop—
we
join
together
today not
tomorrow to change—
ourselves;
knowing
nothing,
no longer
noting—
I;
lingering
longingly
looking
lost—
we
make
connections
contacting
considerations, again—
we…
nested in:
not us,
not them,
nothing more than
seeing the tear
(in someone
else’s eye).
Opening
crying eyes
almost,
finding—
them;
possibly
possibility
potentiality
probability—
peace;
questions
forming
to know,
not to tear
down;
restoring
connections
lost
to fear;
then
saying
what comes
from hearts
broken
un-broken,
they
offer
a slice
something almost
broken open,
undulating
sweet tastes
of light
promising—
they;
view
us as
we view us
and we view
them
with
similar
intent
to build—
us;
xylophone
bell tones
singing
together—
we;
yearn
for this
peace
to be—
our;
(reality)
zeniths—
like lemon
and orange—
sweet and sour
all together.
—Michael Dickel ©2018
Abecedarian
Related to acrostic, a poem in which the first letter of each line or stanza follows sequentially through the alphabet.
