It’s one of those nights
I don’t even feel alive
every song on the radio
makes me want to cry.
Pop a horror movie in
hoping to scare up some adrenaline.
How long
can someone survive on
dreams and memories?
Looking at the stars
makes me feel so cheated
because I will never know their language.
And I’m cold
even though it is ninety degrees outside.
I jump in the car
drive somewhere
anywhere
because moving is always better
than rotting in one place.
I drink the desert
silver in moonlight
it sifts through my pores
in whispers.
Like me,
the desert hungers in contradiction;
it wants to make love to the sun
to be fruitful and multiply its sand
to every corner
of every continent.
It wants to become an ocean
gently rocking whales
in its tides.
The highway leads me
high on diesel fumes
dashboard lights, my spotlight
I exist in this moment for a change
but there isn't enough gasoline
to find what it is I’m missing
so I resign myself
to listen to the clock ticking.
A contest entry
- Journeys by tara wilson.
800 points, ended October 25, 2007, 10 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Write something decent by Clockwork.
375 points, ended January 3, 2008, 36 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Gorgeous and full of emotion that we all can relate to at one point of time or another. Well deserving of the silver! Congratulations !
Excellent take on the prompt.
Much love & Many Blessings~
~Joy
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you're welcome
I love this one
Congrats
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WOW...
So much emotion in this piece...
I love it when I get choked up reading ...
THAT is poetry...
Lynda
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"it wants to make love to the sun
to be fruitful and multiply its sand
to every corner
of every continent.
It wants to become an ocean
gently rocking whales
in its tides.
Very beautiful, creative lines here, thank you for your entry
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waw! you want to change the world! What a nice and descriptive poem full of deep feelings and pictures and...everything. Great! Great!
~Sonja~
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Restless is the feeling I get reading this as well. Here...
Pop a horror movie in
hoping scare up some adrenaline.
I think you need a to in front of scare. I tripped a bit there. Nice write. -
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Thanks for pointing that out
I guess I didn't proof read this well enough before I posted it.
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so sad and restless. yearning seems to be cupped in every word... siggghhh...
have you been peeking in my window, peeking at my life?
'I drink the desert
silver in moonlight'
those lines really struck me for many reasons.
wonderful write and i'm glad i found this
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