"Bound to Life"

A simple poem. I hope you find it quite enjoyable.

The sweat from my hands,

will stain the leather cover,

as emotions of my life,

will stain it's pages.

 

Tears of the past,

permeate permanent ink,

solidified in the words of the present,

leaving the next page as uncertain as the future.

 

A collection of thoughts,

storm the weathered pages,

huddled together in the "Arrogance of Youth",

with sails ripped by the ambient winds of life.

 

Left stranded in the wake of it's spine,

contours keep the words on the horizon,

wisdom brings order to chaos,

an inner sanctum; the eye of a life. 

 

The concepts are the boats,

manufactured in a bottle,

the infinite depth of its pages are the oceans,

whose currents change with the emotions.

 

Use the constellations, 

produced by the pulses of my synapses,

as a guide to map my insights,

so you may wander the coasts of my dreams. 

Author's Note

Let me know if you get confused with it as I tend to ramble on accident sometimes. :)

Reviews

[DeletedUser]

I love this! So much. I feel as if i'm dreaming when I read these words.

[Carmen L.]

Definitely a fitting extended metaphor and you used it very effectively, creating vivid images. I especially love the line, "leaving the next page as uncertain as the future." Well done.

[Vinod Kumar U K]

Nice voyage of the different destination, Lovely zigzag moves.

[Black]

a nice poem
i loved the second stanza
good job

[Tasha]

I thought it was beautiful. Truly lovely.
♥ Ta'Shandra

[Lizzy I]

this is a gorgeous poem i love the line "leaving the next page as uncertain as the future" great job!

[Sameera]

Beautiful poem. Particularly like the fifth stanza. "the infinite depth of its pages are the oceans, whose currents change with the emotions." Lovely.