On the Road

Been hanging out with Jack Kerouac this weekend

life, the here the now, the present

even now, as I writes these meagre lines

life beats and pulses under my skin 

daring me to truly enter it’s folds

demanding attention to all of its

intricacies

the off limits, the boundaries, the no go, 

the unsaid, the said only in glances 

there are some who do not mind a contained life 

- a contained life is for those who are already dying

the beating of weather, be it 

instantaneous heavy rain whilst perched in a longboat 

on the river Amazon - ahh too refreshing my dear 

or a storm to slightly break the great Australian drought - we feel you

the incessant pelting of 

sun on my back as I trek the Columbian Paramo amongst 

two hundred year old Frailejones - this sun is unrelenting

the wind whips up with so much fury it off balances

mountain clouds settle, bringing reprieve - life continues on

a gentle breeze across my cheeks as I gaze across the valley and into infinity

the rapture of forbidden love 

exchanges, moments, flesh on eager flesh 

dangerous kisses in exchange -

for life, 

faithful to life is paramount 

without question, it’s time to live

what it means to live 

outside the confines

embrace the madness of one of all 

in this one in a million chaotic chance at life 

 

Reviews

[wordman]

if your gonna live then live in full color

[jacob erin-cilberto]

if we live outside the box, we will get to die there as well.
I love this poem, although i tried several times and just could not make it through "on the road"---
felt it was a journey that never succeeded in reaching destination...but am quite a fan of Blues Poetry...
love his verse.
we need to find that which is worth going for...to stay stagnant in life will mean to die stagnant as well.
j.

[Wild Rose]

Life in a 'longboat' with rain beating down. Are you a 'Viking Warrior'
No the Australian drought

'And the rapture of forbidden love'
You must be an Ausy Viking

Skin on skin

[KWP]

ha !!! well pinned - I do have viking lineage !!!

[Wild Rose]

you would do well here in Cumbria
There are lots of Viking place names - the mountains are called Fells (Fjell) On eof our highest is Scafell (Skaftfjel in Iceland)

Hope you didn't have to use a longboat to get down under > Ha

[andrew mitchell]

a lovely thoughtful write to ponder on the fors and the againsts. our world is different now i feel, since 9/11 and the Bali bombing of the Sari club which i use to frequent for seven years , so where i once travelled regularly overseas i feel happily contained to just Australia especially now i have family. of course being single is a different you take more risks. but i would love to take the family on a Mediterranean holiday like the greek islands or to the UK.

[KWP]

Being an avid traveller with my family (just got back from South America ) I say pack your bags and go ...