highway blues

01/2012

I've been here before

continual in my thoughts

I've sat in this very spot

over the lines painted on 

this stretch of highway 

waiting for the long   

streams of blinding light

to come up and over 

the hill, washing over me

followed by the sounds

of engines screaming by 

I could probably reach

out and grab a hold of my

life if I tried or if I 

actually cared, there

are days when the sun

touches my skin and I

feel so alive, I smile 

knowing that there is 

still warmth glowing 

somewhere inside

Author's Note

Reviews

[Looouise]

I like that you've got the NSN music video there because when you listen to it, it really aids in reading the poem. :) And it helps set more of a tone, I guess. Either way, it made me decide that your lack of punctuation is good for the piece, rather than something I initially thought it might have needed. So in that sense, I think the lack of punctuation kind of puts the reader in the atmosphere of the highway, there are moments of pauses where there might be a silence, but there's also the continual verse where it relates to continual thoughts and the cars (and life?) passing by on the highway. I also like the positive ending the poem has, it seems to work as a contrast (or maybe just takes the reader on a new direction?), it has a faith that might have seemed lacking in the beginning. I'm not sure. But this is a lovely poem, and like the setting, it's reflective. :)

[M.E.Lyle]

Kinda reminds me of an old song from the TV series, Then Came Bronson; "Goin down that long lonesome highway, bound for the mountains and the plains." I love traveling the highways and byways which is why I loved this. Great flow, easy to read. Great job. Love that Richenbacker guitar in the video.

[Cassie Fraga]

aaaauuuhhh my brathah... I can digg it!!!! that was an amazing piece of self reflection, great flow and as always ** keep that ink flowin hone!! **

[Warren L.G De Mills]

Good piece. Great for reading aloud. It has barely any punctuation and it flows so nicely. I can see this being a short piece at an open mic or something. Good write!

[Call_Me_Miss_Imperfect]

I enjoyed all of the effort you put into this! :)
Well written, again great job!

[Alana McGuire]

I really like this! I enjoy the poem, the photo, and I'm a NSN fan :) I like how you linked them all together so well. Awesome!

[taylorrose]

never actually hit a high way always been to scared that id be lost from the world is i went and thats not something i was able to afford to loose.

[Droll Prole]

Night driving was always my favourite thing, and I always wished we could keep driving. This poem reminds me of those times and how nowadays I never go anywhere. I like the hopeful ending.

[Alex Vidmar]

You have a knack for hitting the right words for defining feelings and visions! Keep it up Deathdealer!

[The Joshua Letters]

Love it

[roarke]

"the road" has such damning and magical properties all at the same time. You can either let them blur into a lint covered strip of plastic tape, or you can weave them, encase them in amber and find the flow underneath, the well spring of more hidden life.

very nice piece JD