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passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

0 posted 2009-11-01 12:31 PM

At truck stops every night, watching
18-wheelers back into their parking spaces,
truck drivers worn out and exhausted,
I see the broken on their faces.

They come and go and all look the same,
hundreds of brothers yet truly alone,
some know some others by name,
all they really want is home.

But now and then, there's beauty of life,
tiny bits of happy in the middle of sad-

the days roll on hard and slow,
but it's one of the best times I've had.

There we are.
On the road.

Kosmic888
Junior Member

since 2009-11-01

Posts 29
Vancouver Canada

1 posted 2009-11-01 12:50 PM

I read the other poem you've posted and said to myself: 'A bit too intellectual for me' Then I saw this one and thought: 'Why not give this one a try??' This piece is very good. I felt your heart in this one. I felt the tired, and the 'bit happy' amongst the 'sad'. Good work. Keep exploring the structure and mood of this piece, it will undoubtedly take you to that place where the true poet is hiding

Kosmic888

'we are all connected by strings of light'

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

2 posted 2009-11-01 02:24 PM

I am glad that you are doing this together - and I bet a lot more beauty is seen with you to notice it.

xoxoox
A

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 2009-11-01 03:37 PM

If you ever get close to Houston, give me a call... trucks often park on the street next to my apartment... and you can have a real bed! *S*

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2009-11-02 08:56 AM

Again great pictures to go with your very captivating text, dear Dixie.

Enjoyed this much.

Love,
Margherita

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

5 posted 2009-11-02 10:02 AM

Passing Shadows: Nice tribute to a group that often gets bad press. Good selection of photos to go with this piece. Thank you for a good read.
Jim

"We are stardust: we are golden: and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." --Joni Mitchell "Woodstock"

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