Wandering Thoughts
Poem by: writersbug
Wandering Thoughts
If I lived a thousand years,
In a thousand diffent places,
Would it matter?
Would I have a purpose?
The names are different,
But the streets are always the same,
Hidden alleyways, suburban sidewalks, busy thoroughfares,
An interconnected grid leading to somewhere.
Leading to nowhere.
I walk past darkened houses,
Past empty businesses that were never really open in the first place.
Cars pass by, I can hear their engines.....
They growl, but I know they can't bite.
Falling leaves pat my shoulder,
Laying a blanket over the ground, waiting for the snow.
It's Wednesday, no Thursday...wait, Friday, it's Friday.
Does it matter what year it is?
Every step brings a fresh pain,
Another memory.
I stride...I stoll....I shuffle....I crawl....
My thoughts swirl inside my head,
Clouding my vision....
Each of them significant,
In an insignificant way.
Oh God, please....
Why?
Because there's a reason,
Something I'm searching for.....
It follows me, I follow it.
Around and around, possibly for all eternity.
I don't know what it is,
But its there, and I'll know what is only then.
When it's there, in front of me.
When it's there,
If it's there.
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wow. those are some thoughts. good poem though
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Thank you very much, pt; really appreciate your criticism. Thanks for commenting.
Nice poetry writer! kmu
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Thanks, apple, I will. LOL!!!!!
Damn now thats a thought provoking poem if ever I read one nice work dude!
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Coming from the master, that is surely a compliment. Thank you, sir!!!
I loved it! Ambiguous, a delight for me. You have described monotonous events when nothing seems to be right, nothing fresh. Still, you wait for a wave to change and believe in. I loved this:
MY THOUGHTS SWIRL INSIDE MY HEAD,
CLOUDING MY VISION....
EACH OF THEM SIGNIFICANT,
IN AN INSIGNIFICANT WAY.
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Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it!!! That was one of my favorite lines too, other than the car engines one, lol. Again, thank you so much!!!
*stares at screen drooling* nothing needs to be said does it?
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Hope that's a good thing, lol!!! I'd feel really bad if you went catatonic on me or something. Glad you liked it???
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