Neopoet.com wants to challenge you to write poetry about this month's topic that is provided below.
Topic: Over Draft
Deadline: June 30th 2024
Objective: Write a poem about the topic above
Guidelines: The title is left to your creativity.
Poems may be any type but must be forty lines or less. One poem per member
Prizes: One month Premium, Recognition on your profile and published in our anthology.
Winning Poem
Overdraft the Monster
Submitted by Geezer
As the wind howls, I am reminded...
Reminded of the rippling sheet of rain,
a silver curtain billowing across the roof.
There will be water in the attic.
There is an overdraft there, going over.
The spirit of the storm, travels so fast,
it carries water over the edge, to the window below;
dropped, it clings to the wall, and sneaks in.
I've known about that overdraft, for quite some time.
I watched it as a child, awakened by the wind.
The monster that ate at my home, needed company,
I heard the pitiful moans, as the spirit tore at the shingles.
Now, we are together again, the spirit and I;
I am tempted to join it as it drags its familiar water
over the edge and into the draft, but no!
I cannot cling to the wall and re enter the house.
That would be an overdraft that I could not afford.