Face the demon
Slay it
Come to realization
You would think that once is enough
But that journey
Supposedly from
Innocence to experience
Deamnds to be taken
Again and again
For the plateau of experience
Is not enough
And they have no stories
About ennui
And its constant demand of
The next high
That comes to your mind too late
And stays there for hours
Torturing with its possibility
If the woman represents
All things that
Can be known
And are to be known
For the boy
To attain manhood,
What then, does she mean
To the girl to attain womanhood?
Does it mean that women
Are already wise
And have known
What can can be
And is to be known?
If so, then why is the real woman
Not treated with as much reverence
As this symbol of a figure?
The awareness
Of you
Or of others
Nearby
Keeps my thoughts
From clotting
Into poetry
It doesn't have to be
Conversation
Interaction
Or even sight
But simple awareness
Of someone beside me
Who may need my attention
At some point
