Tag: journey

• Walking with Dante

  A strange addictive quality—
  The draw of yearning and desire
  As though I’m playing hide and seek,
  Yet deep down, I don’t want to find you
  For the pain and pleasure is the pursuit
  The resistance, the obstacles—
  Each step a stumble toward a home,
  Though I fear what I find will never be enough.
  
  Merely an inn, a halfway place,
  It will be the spark alone—
  An ember fanned by my own breath
  Its flicker swelling into a blinding inferno,
  Until I can no longer see the way,
  See the truth
  Only the figures I manifest—
  Dancing…in the flames.
  
  Thus I walk
  Willfully ignorant in pursuit of elusive bliss,
  I shun the end of the road
  For limbo isn’t torment,
  If the journey becomes the station.
  
  What do you write after ‘the end’ anyway?
  I’d rather die half way than ever pen those words.

  Jan 1, 2025

  Dante, desire, free verse, journey, Life, Philosophy, poetry, seeking

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• The Train

  The train in silent majesty
  Easing along till it ceased
  Settling in by the window
  I await the visual feast

  The train beginning to rumble
  Cantering gently into its stride
  The scene begins to emerge
  Carved in two by the tracks divide

  In the distance a settled picture
  Rippling clouds in a perfect blue
  Unlike the immediate chaos
  Blighting a bountiful view

  Deciphering what’s before me
  In honesty more an attempt
  Cocooned in the blur of colour
  My senses begin to relent

  Daydreaming I begin to wonder
  Awaiting the journeys end
  The train begins to slow
  Yet this stop I must transcend

  The beauty of this place
  Enveloped me in a breath
  Stealing the air from within me
  So enticing in it’s undress

  At once tranquil and exciting
  The doors open to reveal more
  Crumbling fast I want to wander
  So powerful is the rapport

  Alas I remain seated
  Eyes down to stay calm
  This is not my destination
  I play with the ticket in my palm

  Apr 23, 2014

  journey, Life, reminisce

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