exploring the stars

by Lee J. - Aquarius

couldn’t sing along
sky echoes kept calling me
to the tune of different words
always different?
so i left and went inside 
stayed there for quite some time
passers by, took me for dead

inside the trance, i turned the pages
dropping used issues to the ground
finding vibrancy on frozen concrete
watching parking lots filling up 
like circular playgrounds

or looking past, scraping false giggles
cold, dark, rough cheeks that condescend
my night hobby shop, 
was a plastic bag, to some
merely good-natured instinct 
walking on
didn’t stop to hear woman telling women
that all men were scum, 
or men telling men that
all women were play things

there was sense in facing the cold
going it alone…
the way home was back past dark roads
which offered turns, 
so i stepped into the blackness
planting seeds that i found, firmly in soil
dirt under my nails 
grunge between my toes…

people laughed, spouting out something
like i was poor…but I…I persevered 
the stone ground & 
tire marks on my ears…

all was warm and gold, 
revealing incredible detail
color painting wavelets 
of rivers, 
oceans with
bright colored eyes…
they said, “don’t, you might
not survive”, 
but i stopped just to listen
to what i purchased 
to be my own, 
swimming
in uncharted waters…
setting my own course, growing my own old...

knowing quit well, morning walks alone
were 
with the owl, truly looking through the looking glass
with hot footed crocodiles 
and dreams of
ridiculous men
who couldn't find their own coats
I saw
gentle spirits held ransom
for lottery tickets & little clouds

few words stored in my pocket, that might
have crumbled to the ground, if I’d been afraid
to lean back on my thoughts, pulling out
chairs 
tapping on the forest of life
placing a green velveteen lounge
in my living room

I found
light is where we live, 
what we believe & death of
voice 
is a dark convenience store 
that fools rob for their own

mankind is always searching for 
something, someone to believe in?
I found my someone, something....

Reason for writing:

    simply thoughts    

Birth sign: Aquarius
Date created: 2006-06-21 13:36:27
Last updated: 2021-04-14 17:18:17
Poem ID: 71404

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