I am Ronie Dinosaur – Read Poems aka Dinosaurs

ABOUT THE POEM: This biographical summary captures the persona's intense, chaotic life across forty years. Ronie Dinosaur recounts a trajectory of extreme highs (prodigy, bodybuilder) and lows (ruffian, rehab patient), concluding that he lived many lives but achieved no lasting personal connection ("I never had a girlfriend"). The piece explains his downfall: his focus on difficult, external pursuits blinded him to the simple paths, leading to immense, immeasurable loss.

From a ferocious kite flyer,
to a school topper,
to a colony ruffian,
from Ronie the engineering prodigy
to self-made businessman,
from philosopher
to iron-forged bodybuilder,
from dutiful son
to a hopeless man in a rehabilitation ward-
in these forty years
I have lived more lifetimes
than most are granted in one.
I never had a girlfriend.
I am Ronie Dinosaur.
I have lost more
than what could slip through two hands.
Desires kept me running after them,
and hard work remained the pursuit.
Difficult tasks came easily,
simple paths tangled out of reach.