“SEEMS SO MUCH” is a melancholic, spiritually searching free verse poem that blends confessional vulnerability with understated hope. The tone moves between self-loathing, loneliness, and quiet yearning for grace, while the voice feels deeply human and unguarded, speaking with plainspoken sincerity rather than theatrical flourish. One of the poem’s strongest qualities is its use of humble, accessible language to explore themes of worthlessness, salvation, and emotional rescue. The repeated refrain gives the poem a meditative rhythm and reinforces the speaker’s uncertainty about faith, heroism, and their own value. Particularly effective is the contrast between pop-cultural imagery and religious symbolism, which broadens the poem’s emotional reach and suggests a universal longing for deliverance from despair. Written for the “A Shattered Cup of Doom” novella, this poem appears in the “Second Shards of Broken Glass” chapbook.
“SEEMS SO MUCH”
i am not some ordinary joe
something less than that
i know
and who would ever stoop so low
who would ever stoop so low
now i do not read
them comic books
but it seems so much
to be
that god has made
the superheroes
for the helpless zeroes here
like me
this is not some tent on mission row
somewhere less than that
i know
it takes a saint to call this tomb
to drag me from this dungeon womb
now i do not read
them holy books
but it seems so much
to be
that god has sent
his better angels
to the lonely strangers here
like me
just when i thought that
i’d been left here to die
just one in a million
from the highway driving by
a knock on my door
a knock on my door
now i do not read
them holy books
but it seems
so much
to be
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