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Open Poetry #15

Do It All Again

John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 2001-08-29 01:42 AM

I sat beside the highway,
With my thumb up in the air.
I had no destination,
Nor a date for getting there.

I used to watch the cars go by,
And dreamed of greener grass.
I dreamed of lovely ladies,
But the cars kept going past...

There's something in that lifestyle
That thrills a man inside,
A freedom from life's burdens
As the cars keep going by...

The sun is sinking in the West-
I'm walking toward it's beams,
A drifter with a suitcase,
Who just had to chase his dreams.

But the days are long behind me,
When I'd pack and leave my kin,
Sometimes I almost wish that I
Could do it all again!

I'd like to work a round up,
To sleep out 'neath the stars.
To sit beside the Interstate-
And curse the passing cars...

Those days are gone forever,
But I still have tales to spin-
Sometime I almost wish that I
Could do it all again!

ramrog
Member

since 2001-08-22

Posts 50

1 posted 2001-08-29 01:52 AM

you've done it again. I love your imagery

"If you choose not to decide,
You still have made a choice."
Neil Pert

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

2 posted 2001-08-29 02:56 AM

Slinger~

'I'd like to work a round up,
To sleep out 'neath the stars.
To sit beside the Interstate-
And curse the passing cars...'

I so enjoy the way you tell a tale~
Thank you for sharing with us.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Tracey
Member Elite

since 2001-08-29

Posts 2808
where insanity meets breeding

3 posted 2001-08-29 08:14 PM

I love the flow of the words and the freedom of life found in the thoughts. Ah yes, I well remember those days of waiting by the highway on a journey to where ever.

Really enjoyed your poem

RSWells
Member Elite

since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

4 posted 2001-08-29 09:10 PM

I'm with ya pardner. I daydream of such freedom with increasing middle age. Enjoyed the vacation, thanks.

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