Adrift

image by Ken Simm http://www.redbubble.com/people/Kenart

On days when

I'm neither here nor there

Adrift in a sea of senseless noise

Battered by waves of unrecognizable emotion,

Floating, just floating.

On days when I have

That faraway look

When you call my name,

Just know, you may have to call again

before I come back to you.

Reviews

[Delmar Cooper]

The poem floated my boat. Once, as a boy I stood on the porch watching raindrops fall form the eaves. I don't know at what point I came to believe the raindrpops were stationary and I was rising, but I do know at that point I fell off the porch. You poem knocked me off the porch

[Emily B]

Falling off the porch is one of the surest ways to know if is poetry

[Delmar Cooper]

Being knocked on your a*s is another.

[alan peter kelly]

Poetry is tearing something up and making it into something else... sometimes, anyway.

[Ed Hart]

emily...emily...shhh...emily...

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Sometimes we lose our way we just hope those who love us won't give up on us and help guide us back... another beautiful write.

[luke312]

short & sweet like "ice cream"

Well done you should feel proud or at less happy this one was a good one

[SetApartGirl]

i really like this...i am horrible at poetry so i like reading other people's to try to get inspiration. i like the way you made the sea into emotions and other related things. it was really good.

[Christopher Michael Smi..]

i like this poem. it's short and sweet and has just the right charisma to keep the flame alive. woot.

in the war of words and freedoms,
christopher michael

[Angelic Darkness]

I actually have days like that...as writers, our minds do wonder.

Great poem:) AD

[!!..Love..!!]

This is exceptionally well!

[Leah Simone]

This reminds me of a daydreaming child at school who is unaware of the reality around her and the fact her teacher has asked her a question, calling her name again and again while she is lost in thought...somewhere far away. I think most writers are daydreaming children and the picture with reflected shadows is a perfect avatar for this.

[Leran Vakem]

What a wonderful piece, we escape to a space of our own making. Then when someone call for us, they will need to call over and over to reach you.

[DRIVEN]

Your writing speaks to me...I am adrift, unaware until I am called!! Loved this!!