Tag: Free Verse

Dangling on the wrong side of yesterday Searching for what I never had, within what’s left Waiting for meaning in sun-bleached tomorrows That never come

I’ll spare you My over-bearing Want for knowing My endless Who, what, where When, why, how And what for Because we all know We’ve read

If left waiting I could stand here For a lifetime Lost on the horizon In empty fields Hour after hour Sunrise to sunset Basking in

Inspiration strikes like a match In an afternoon monsoon microburst Of clichés, tired and trite The obligatory opening and closing Threadbare and uninspired A triple-dose

I’m still here I walk these halls A thousand times Waiting For a glimpse of you I watch Feel you dream of me Through restless

I felt it likely In this solitude My thoughts would Find their way Back to you Eventually Drifting on A lucid current Around and past