navwin » Archives » Open Poetry #46 » What Drives Me On
Open Poetry #46
Post A Reply Post New Topic What Drives Me On Go to Previous / Newer Topic Back to Topic List Go to Next / Older Topic
Gunslinger
Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2010-03-21 04:46 PM



In every heart there lives a need-
To hear, to be, to do-
I think I know what drives me on
I wonder friend do you?
I need to hear the wild geese cry-
The lonely timber wolves-
The mustangs ranging free and wide
The thunder of their hooves.
I need to feel the trade winds blow
A lady’s sweet caress-
Upon the face of wanderers-
Which will not let them rest.
I need to see a bloody sun
Descend into the sea-
And lie beneath a starry sky
Which seems to beckon me.
If you can track a timber wolf
Upon a rocky crest-
Perhaps you'll find the path I leave-
As I am heading west.
If you can chart the wild goose' path
Or map the Ocean streams-
Perhaps indeed you'd follow me-
To conquests in my dreams
If you may know the pachyderm
And where his bones might lie?
Perhaps in time you'll know in fact
The place I'll go to die.
I want no pomp, nor floral sprays
When I lay down to rest-
I want to die with gun in hand
And facing toward the west.
That my last sight before I die
Would be the setting sun-
Perhaps I'll hear the nighthawk cry
"At last his race is run."

© Copyright 2010 John R. Yaws - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354
Listening to every heart
1 posted 2010-03-21 05:39 PM


I know the near and hear
of these needs, GS...and
I too, heed them.

It's a good thing.


Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
2 posted 2010-03-22 02:52 AM


It is a good thing, John and an excellent poem.
                                Ida

GBride
Senior Member
since 2009-07-02
Posts 538

3 posted 2010-03-25 05:00 AM


Delightful, GS you do have a talent.
Post A Reply Post New Topic ⇧ top of page ⇧ Go to Previous / Newer Topic Back to Topic List Go to Next / Older Topic
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.
navwin » Archives » Open Poetry #46 » What Drives Me On

Passions in Poetry | pipTalk Home Page | Main Poetry Forums | 100 Best Poems

How to Join | Member's Area / Help | Private Library | Search | Contact Us | Login
Discussion | Tech Talk | Archives | Sanctuary