Hello everyone! Sorry for being very absent as of late! I actually just came back from a three week vacation, during which time I had little access to the internet. I will be getting back to everyone’s comments soon–thank you so much for putting up with me! A new poem is going up soon!
trip
August 13th – Wanderer
Wanderer
Wanderer
Do you ever get lonely?
Do you ever feel like giving up?
When your feet ache
Can you stop?
Or do you trudge onward
Into blackness?
Have you family?
Have you friends?
Have you any shoulder to cry on?
If you get lost
Can you call someone?
Do you ever get lost at all?
I beg you
Find my doorstep
I’d sleep on the floor
If you came
For, Wanderer,
I was once you
And I cannot sleep
Until you find your peace
July 4th – Slow Down
Happy July 4th everyone for all who are celebrating that! I apologize for not being able to reply to every single comment I’ve received in recent days–there’s been so many and I’m very slow catching up! Today’s poem was sort of inspired by another hike I did, but it’s not about the hike itself per se.
Slow Down
I still haven’t got the courage
To ask you why
You charge up the hills
Without ever a pause
It seems to be that we should slow
And admire the view as we pass
For it won’t be the same again
And we worked so hard to get here
But you are determined
To only admire as we charge past
With maybe a second to glance
I’ll stay in the back now
And not worry about speed or time
Because while you may get there first
I’ll have a true experience
For I know that nothing’s quite as special
Once you reach the end
June 30th – Sleep
So … on this day, oh so long ago … I was very tired! So, erm, the poem I wrote that day was about sleep, naturally, and not all that good. I don’t know if you’re aware, but jet lag is AWFUL! 😀
Sleep
Sleep
Is all I want
Right now
To dream of simple things
But sleep is
Impossible
When you’re trying
To live your day
I refuse
To bend
To the sweet call
Of sleep
Just because
I refuse
To give in
To anything
But sleep
Is all I want
Right now
June 29th – I Am An Adventurer
This poem started out as a sort of joke, because coming back from my trip I did cross the entire US and go through two countries. It actually got into my emotions, though, and I’m sure anyone who’s been on a long trip knows what I mean.
I Am An Adventurer
For I am an adventurer
She who crosses a continent
Battling the currents
By the harsh light of the sun
And braving the altitude
Though I am afraid of heights
For I am an adventurer
She who goes through
Four time zones
Travelling through the
Very fabric of time
And surviving
For I am an adventurer
She who traverses two countries
And knows all the languages
With no fear of killer roads
Or foreign people
Though I am alone
For I am an adventurer
She who drives through the night
Fighting drowsiness
To pull into a known driveway and
Throw open the door to shout
“Home!”
June 28th – The Last Day
June 28th was the last full day of my trip in California, so obviously I was feeling a little sad. Also, hence the name of the poem. All the same, I tried to end it on a positive note because–of course–my trip was extremely positive!
The Last Day
It’s the last day
I don’t understand
Where the time went
Or when the trip changed
From just beginning to nearly over
And we went from awkward
To comfortable
It’s the last day
Tomorrow I’ll be on an airplane
For endless hours
Each moment taking me
Away from you
And back to the monotony
Of home
It’s the last day
Now, instead of hopes and wishes,
I have memories filled
With laughter
And a camera card
Full of smiles
To share
My Life is a Notebook 