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Write a poem about a physical journey that you have been on.
Explore the tangible aspects of a journey you have been on, and how these physical characteristics may have impacted mental and spiritual aspects of the journey too.
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The pioneers walked
We drove
The pioneers talked
I listened
They gathered food
I ate
Attempting a light mood
I couldn’t
The pioneers knew not where
I got there
Did the pioneers argue
I did
Were covenants renew
I could
The desert is dangerous
But beautiful
The pioneers made new homes
My home...
Subtle abuse that is soon forgotten
The feet bleed but are caressed by the air
Feeling of death fleets with each step
The sensation of life through my lungs
The pounding of steps marks the beat to my life
The rythym of suffer for strength in the end.
Ask of the people why they do what they do
As for myself a run can be the glue....
A climb beckons ahead of me
Legs ache and heart pounds
Downshift, stand up, get set
Pedal
Pedal
Pedal
The hill-crest embraces me
A trail calls my name off to the right
A pretty track, but taking me off-course
I stay loyal to my destination
Pedal
Pedal
Pedal
A mile-marker brings wind to my back
A puddle shields the road beneath my feet
Roots defend the edges, flanking me
I battle through the muck...
I’m nothing here,
Such expensive thoughts,
Books.
Friends for a weekend.
Oedipus told me,
To abandon is to grow.
I was high then.
Something I’d never understand.
Climax
Fall
A dead hero.
Hah, Aimless vagrant!
A staple nobody.
Once someone,
Now convicted by namelessness.
Waiting on Dauphine Street
To be revived....
Lying on my back,
staring at mt eyelids
while I wait for light
to slip through the cracks.
“Wake up, wake up,”
a voice calls from the void.
Try as I might,
I can’t yet drink from the cup.
Still, sensation begins to flow
like a river on a rock -
slowly smoothing edges
the imperfections we all know.
Lifting my arms and feeling some restriction -
chains that hold me back
distorting my sense of f...
A fresh spring morning
The journey seemed daunting.
I stayed within my means
Before giving it the beans.
Rolling hills and fast descents
So focused and enjoying each breath
Who knows where the time went.
The mental battle of each pedal
Just to get a sticker and a medal.
The journey was more than this
Crossing the line was too good
A feelimg of warmth and bliss....
A smile for your witty joke, a ‘thank you’ for your praise,
I can keep this sick act up, could fool you all for days.
My bathroom mirror barks a laugh, my dresser rolls its eyes.
Because they know what you don’t know: my smile is my disguise.
I promised to come back someday, it’s a promise I regret.
This place may be a Romeo but I’m no Juliette.
Utopia is not for me, ‘idyllic’ and I clash
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