Swing In A Tree: 2012-06-03

Friday, June 8, 2012

four walls

love, duty, responsibility, need

box me into near solitude

pressed by decisions

I bare this weight without grace

floundering

the brace of your love

supports me

alone I will fail

with three

I can survive

longingly, I look to our past

ache for its loss

I fear today

I dread tomorrow

trying to fulfill my pledge to honor

My thoughts

swirl and whirl into a tornado of confusion

rolling over the landscape of my life

sweeping up debris

into the vortex

flinging order into chaos

roaring and thundering with unexpected velocity

leaving destruction

discouraging hope

exploding my world with reckless carelessness

sometimes the sun shines, oh, so bright, and sometimes the air is sweet and clear

sometimes my world glistens and glows, and sometimes the future feels so near

then one day the sun doesn’t shine; one day the air is closed and too hot

then one day my world's dull and dim; one day the future that was, is not

I cannot cry for lost sunshine, and I cannot long for cool, sweet air

I cannot see the world I know, and I cannot touch the future bare

so I dream of gold lights of warmth; I dream of breezes in the dark night
so I dream of my life's freedom; I dream of magic futures of light

Perfect day in Leakey, Texas!

I wrote this poem when I was still in high school. It's one of my favorites because it reflects the optimism in which I've tried to view life..