Feeling Uprooted
(An Octogram)
Life leaves feelings to run away.
Feeling uprooted,
As problems plague you day-to-day.
Just not suited
To seek solace desperately,
When not as grounded as a tree
And soil about is polluted.
Feeling Uprooted!
Attempts to fix this, I dare say,
Are saluted!
But, just haven't worked, anyway.
Hopes diluted!
Need to flee now, at a gallop.
All anchor ties have been pulled up.
Escape Plan B, now executed!
Feeling uprooted!
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Author Notes
Fight or flight. Is pulling up roots and running away the solution? Maybe for some. Sometimes pulling up roots isn't your choice, as many Native Americans found out. Holocaust victims probably believe those who fled were the smart one's. What does a battered wife do? Sometimes others live with unbearable pain. Economic turmoil can leave you homeless. Many are uprooted for various reasons.
This poem is an Octogram.
The Octogram is a style of poetry invented by Fanstorian Sally Yocom (S.Yocom). It consists of two stanzas of eight lines each, with a very specific syllable count and rhyme scheme.
Syllable count is 84848884, repeat on second stanza.
Rhyme scheme: aBabccbB ababddbB, where B repeats same text.
No more than 16 lines.
The photograph was taken by the author at Harriet Island in St. Paul, Minnesota in January,2012.
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