This poem fits neatly
Inside an Instagram panel
It isn’t deep, although it
Feigns depth and wisdom
It says you’re not an ignorant,
Entitled, hateful little shit
It pretends that you are perfect
Just the way you are
This poem will likely
Be very popular
©2025 Kevin Trent Boswell
If they decide that you’re made of fire,
Pristine, glorious, and bright
Then they will insist that you burn
So that you may offer them light
If they believe that you are perfect,
And with you, they cannot compete,
They’ll make you a god, a dying one
To warm themselves by your heat
If you represent in their minds
Something they could never become,
They will set you ablaze in the night;
To the flames, watch you succumb
©2025 Kevin Trent Boswell
by Kevin Trent Boswell available on Amazon
Now available on Amazon
A Collage of Chimeras and Phantasms, the 12th publication by Kevin Trent Boswell
A Collage of Chimeras and Phantasms is a
general collection of poems. The material veers wildly in several directions at once. You’ll find stream-of-consciousness pieces, romantic poems, works of heartbreak, dark scalpel slices that reside in the penumbra of horror, and avant-garde bits of absurdism. So, there’s no need to trouble yourself attempting to understand the methodology here—there is none.
216 pages
©️2025 Kevin Trent Boswell
I mourn the loss
Of who I thought I knew
But as it turns out,
I do not miss you
I grieve for the person
You pretended to be
It helps to remember
You never loved me
©2025 Kevin Trent Boswell
somehow,
it’s even uglier
on the inside
the surprises,
intermittent,
perplexing
it must be a
challenge
to hide
so much,
for so long,
and so vexing
©2025 Kevin Trent Boswell
Kevin Trent Boswell 