Let's Go Travel the Planet.
Showing posts with label poem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poem. Show all posts

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Baggage Claim


I am searching for baggage that goes with mine:
a suitcase that matches the rest of my junk,
mixed up and mangled and misshapen; 
a backpack to keep my lonely tote company;
anything at the ready to pack and flee with me
to scour the planet for adventurous lessons;
or a bag that can hold the weight of my belongings,
which happen to be very heavy at the moment.

Can you hold my world in your hands?
Can you make yourself last?
Will you fight to fall apart not?
Will you promise to at my side hang?

Life is messy and so am I – objects are sure to fly.
I need baggage to squeeze the fly-aways tight,
so that I might not lose these pieces of mine.
You will need to keep steadfast to me; 
I know it will be a perilous ride.
I assure you I will grasp your handle,
so long as you grasp mine.

Yes, I am looking for baggage that goes with mine:
some one who will travel by my side until we reach the world’s edge.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Always Running.

Mis.                              Communication.

Miss.                   You.

                                                                                       I'm
    i       ing
m   ss               chances.                                                 Too

f     a       r               away.

You  are
                      out
                            of
                                  r
                                    e
                                      a
                                         c
                                            h.

I'm  R- U- N- N- I- N- G                                                late. 

Sunday, March 13, 2011

His Adventure

"His Adventure"

If you were about to drown
in a floating sea
of bright balloons,
I'd plan the perfect escape.
Through cotton candy clouds
I'd glide through
in my rainbow colored
hot air balloon.

I’d lasso your waist,
Swing you along,
skimming you across
stretched rubbery tops.

I’d lock you
in your sway; suspended
between air, sky, and
helium-filled disasters.

As we’d ride by,
I’d sob like rain
to drench you,
Whistle like wind
to dry you,
Smile like sunlight
to warm you.

Curse like lightning
to surprise you,
Yell like thunder
to stir you, and
Cold-shoulder you like snow
to muffle you.

The snow would then settle.
I’d stir within;
the quiet swallowing
both You and I down
its black-hole throat.

I’d never untie you,
but I’d sing like the birds
to remind you
that I’m not malevolent.
 I am saving you.

Return the favor,
you would have already.
Through every storm,
by hanging along.
And I’d never release you.

Because:
Adventure is your treasure.
My treasure is adventure.
I will dangle my pearls
from golden puppet strings
before your eyes,
the way I'd sway you
from my rainbow colored
hot air balloon.