Poem: Ground Control #1

Poem: Ground Control #1

One of my favorite songs

Promises that it's okay

To drift along in space

And feel lost sometimes,

But the feeling of floating

Indefinitely

Sounds awfully stressful

Because for how long do I need to drift

Before someone realizes and reels me home?

And how would they find me,

So far gone,

If I haven't ever mentioned

That I can feel myself slipping away?

And how can I tell them,

If I don't realize

Until I've drifted too far

To reel back in?

j.p

Part of the “Ground Control” series of poems, written while listening to the same song (“Ground Control” by All Time Low) several months apart

Poem: Explorers

I want to watch the world with you.

Let’s walk somewhere, or everywhere,

And take in the sky,

Sunrise to sunset

With a glint in your eye.

Come exploring with me.

Let’s go on a hunt

For the tallest tree;

I’m afraid of falling

But I’ll climb it

If you’ll be up there with me.

We can find a field

For picnicking,

Stargazing,

Dream-chasing.

Let’s ride our bikes to the ocean

To breathe in some salt and sunshine

Before we have to turn back.

Let’s pretend that we’ve known each other

For as long as the world has been here

And make every step together

A new adventure.

j.p

Poem: Drifting

Sometimes I sit alone

And watch the ever-changing sky.

I see the clouds in shapes of you

As they go slowly drifting by.

j.p

Poem: Searching

I’ve been searching

Through aisles stretching for miles

Seeking out the shade of you

That lingers in my mind

But seems too rare to find.

I’ve been searching

In the hopes that I’ll

Stumble across that forest green hue

Of your eyes, all the while

Hoping that I’ll find you among the racks.

I’ve been searching

Through an endless sea

Of everything that feels like nothing

Because it won’t lead me back to you –

I’m wishing that your heart is searching for me, too.

j.p

Poem: Unspoken Lines #2

A Haiku // The One about Self-Blame

“Did you love me when

Your heart still had its color?

Did I ruin you?”

j.p

Poem: Unspoken Lines #1

A Haiku // The One about a Promise

“I’ll come back again

As soon as the sun rises,

If you’ll wait till then”

j.p