I stake a claim

[Pete]

I stake a claim
on someone
who eludes perception
I stake my claim
before my audience
senses the rejection I may endure
and cascade pity
in sympathy's disguise
I stake a claim
on the candle
that illuminated the prize
that is ours
I stake my claim
with the unknown certainty
of losing
to the highest bidder


Pete

[lizzytysh]

These are interesting perceptions, Pete, of one of the ways we go about making our lives real for us....and how elusive and sometimes fearful it all can be. I like it.
~Lizzytysh