Interstate 5

This road knows me...

as I stare in past dreams,

driving pass recollections

obscured in view the once bare hills….

resembling your face,

I am smiling solemn and  

welcomed

 

 swept back in deep sighs

of all the been-throughs

chafed on mind...

 

I had hoped for

happiness to

be with you

even though I never was

 

Secrets still hushed

in swells of yearn

I had always

carried pictures of you

laughing

 

Wind freshed upon my face

the sun streams down

tangerine air

as we engage

our give and take

honesty from years

of wayward silences....

quiet words dispense

embrace-less

 

Our stories long,

wind and tread beaten

as memory bruised

pain brushed and rough

 

This road

knows me..

again,

and

 

There is enough time

on this drive down I-5

down far pass my minds regrets

 

I've come to

rediscover a piece of

soul left here

alone

 

now saved..

here in breaths

of February air

 

I have come home

returned

 

I am returned back

To me

 

Reviews

[Wildecat]

I too enjoyed reading this poem, and especially liked the line I am returned back to me. Nice write.

[Tania Leigh]

"This road knows me...
as I stare in past dreams,
driving pass recollections"

"I am returned back
To me"

Very cool how the beginning of this poem and the ending, when put together, make a statement about the essence of the poem, and everything in between is wonderful detail of that journey. I really like this :-)

[Rain]

Beautiful way of saying, in some sense, " You can go home, again." I can just feel the love and hear the laughter. Great piece. Rain..

[Llysofar]

'I've come to

rediscover a piece of

soul left here

alone'

- this is the effect that reading a really powerful poem has on me. Thank you for yours {{{}}}

[Phil Sanders]

This is a beautifullly written poem .. the reader travels with you ....

[Alexander W. Quinn]

A wonderful, sorrowful read. I don't think I've ever come across someone who has attached the idea of an old familiar road to their past memories. Very cleaver and unique. A great read. Thanks!

[An Ordinary Woman]

How beautiful, and of course it reminds me of my own love so far away yet so close in my heart. I miss him, I miss the place down home, I've written of it many times but never as elegant as this. Thank you for this Leesah.