Refusal of the Call
Calamity demands
you rise.
Instead
you exit
traumatized.
Confusion
runs.
Destruction
stuns.
Conditions
revolutionize.
"You're no hero!"
doubts declare
until
the True You
stands
aware.
Refusal of the Call © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
View this poem at AllPoetry.com
25 words (the prompt limit). Who You Think You're Not Holds You Back brevity challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2763045-25-words-or-less---not-noguest
Inspired by Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey / monomyth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey
https://www.jcf.org/mythblast-separation-initiation-and-return/
Submitted: October 16, 2020