Adrift

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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.

[therisa]

Emily, you have captured beautifully, in this poem, those moments, which our brains tries to protect us, from the world around us. Too often, I have that "1 000 metre" stare, which you describe, as I deal with my traumatic past.

[Emily B]

thank you, therisa!

[therisa]

Your welcome, Emily.

[emmajoy]

There's something immensely real in being neither here nor there.. tis a place where a person can be utterly alone but happily self, briefly lost in an unreachable place Cloud-gazing loses me to reality sometimes..

Those two last lines are like golden cords holding you close to someone.. out of reach but never gone.. so beautiful.

[Emily B]

thank you, dearest

[emmajoy]

more than a pleasure, Emily... and now i switch off my lappie and ligh, then, creep into that place where a few stars bravely show in a weeping sky.

[David Scott]

The value of persistence. Just because you never really know the state of mind your call will find...
I enjoyed the poem very much.

[SkinlessFrank]

Je pense que Emily est dans la lune

[Emily B]

merci, merci :)

i hope all is well in your world

[Ai Lun]

This is a very real poem. It's idea is simple but it's a great poem because of how it's written and how true it is that these days exist, days when we are here in physicality, but so far away in our minds :) well penned!

[Emily B]

thank you so very much

[prachi prangya agasti]

short poem but very much touching.. and filled with emotions.. good one..

[S.L.H]

Brief, but not lacking in effect. Paints a very good, relate-able picture in my head. Easy to read, but in no way does that mean it isn't deep or compelling.

[Debbie_Philly]

Wonderful.... I can feel this piece... I can relate...lots of emotion... :)