Dancing in the moonlight, singing in the rain,
Wading in the ocean, take’s away the pain.
Sandals on my feet, I’m already gone,
I’m laughing in the lime light; I’ll be there all day long.
Swimming in the sunshine, fading into the sky,
I’m ready to raise hell, I’m ready to terrify.
I wade out into the darkness, dip my feet in the moon,
This is my welcome mat, I won’t be home too soon.
I grab onto the stars, clutch them for support,
Pinholes in the sky, my favorite childhood fort.
Drift off to the sunset, forget my name and the day,
As the colors fade and drift, with them I will sway.
Until the inky darkness, can be held no more,
And as the sun is rising, I drift right back to shore.
My sandals caked with sand, and memories of the night,
And in between the toes, tiny specks of light.
I track them into my house, to remind me of tomorrow,
And to take back the pinpricks that I choose to borrow.
Swept under the carpet, spilling across the sea,
Here lays the ocean, and the ocean lays with me.
A contest entry
- It's Impossible by magdelene.
1000 points, ended January 9, 2008, 15 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Thanks for entering your words in my contest! i really loved this poem too. it reminds me of a poem i wrote, called "this beach" if you have time to read it, id appreciate your thoughts.
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I like the rhythm and the imagery in this poem a lot. Usually I think rhyming is really cheesy and at first, when I started reading this, I thought it was really lame, to be totally honest. (But i'm in a really s hitty mood.) Anyways so then I kept reading cuz I'm the judge and I should give everyone a fair hearing.
Anyways I really ended up loving this poem a lot and it reminded me of my own hopes and dreams. So like. Yeah. thanks.
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Some lovely lines here and the flow (while shaky in parts)is maintained admirably. I'm also impressed that you've written this in rhyming couplets--I've always liked that form.
Bill
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