Calling On Me (Riding The Greyhound - (from Boyhood Tales)

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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2012-09-19 09:41 PM

Riding The Greyhound - Calling On Me
(from Boyhood Tales)

Dawn . . .
caught me looking west,
backpack and camera
slung across my shoulder,
big grey dog idling to my left,
lobby full of lonesome,
crawling with souls,
to my right.
Sun hadn't broke the surface yet,
but yellow rays heralding its return
fanned across half the cloudless sky.
Most of the time
mornings like this
called to me,
tugged at my soul,
the yearning palpable.
But this morning -
this morning, only a hollow hole
centered in my chest,
said I had no where to go,
but grey dog had a seat saved,
and this town was worn out,
had nothing left,
for me.

Grey dog revved up,
twice,
shook its door,
and when I looked in
its driver smiled,
nodded towards the sun,
just surfacing . . .

Calling on me.

Calling on me.

© wesley james beard, jr.
september 2012

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

1 posted 2012-09-19 10:00 PM

This reminds me of remarkable adventures...

and I am glad you share them!

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

2 posted 2012-09-20 03:21 PM

this morning, only a hollow hole
centered in my chest,
said I had no where to go,
but grey dog had a seat saved,

Your boyhood tales never fail to move me... When you reach back in the past, you touch pieces of us all. *S* Excellent!!

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2012-09-21 12:32 PM

I remember riding that "Big Grey Dog" a few times when I was a kid. You describe the feeling perfectly, Jimmy.
Ida

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

4 posted 2012-09-21 10:18 AM

"But this morning -
this morning, only a hollow hole
centered in my chest,
said I had no where to go,
but grey dog had a seat saved,
and this town was worn out,
had nothing left,
for me."

Love your "Boyhood Tales"
Excellent write, j.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

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