Exposition:
This has been one of Those Days. I wrote something resembling a poem earlier today for NaPoWriMo, but I didn’t post it right away; I tend to get perfectionistic in a squirrely way at the oddest times.
Today was one of those times, for no real reason.
Still, I feel I need to post something, good or bad! If you want, feel free to critique (kindly!), and tell me where I need work, or what you think of it!
The Poem:
I walk to my car
In a hurry
For not very far
I will scurry
To the office
Where I will sit
Waiting for the phone to ring
With lights fluorescent lit.
The drive is common now.
35 to 40 the limit.
But I remember how
Not so long ago
I traveled out loud.
In that country
Overseas
The red dragon
That folks fear deeply
In that country
I made my way
Saying silent prayers
That today
I wouldn’t meet He Who Hears
My thoughts,
My prayers!
Wait by the sign
Wait about 20
Perhaps less
Never over 30!
Step lively now!
Grab the back seat!
Wait, no belts?
With plastic seats?!
The short bus lurches forward!
Instantly a blur of green and white
I hang on for dear life
Hoping not to see the light
of Glory!
At least not on that day
Not in that way
“Please Lord, protect me,”
I pray silently
Earnestly
Hopefully
That He may not see me
On this day!
The ride bumps to a stop
Lurching to the curb.
We get off
And I feel perturbed
As I melt onto a bench
My fear and anxiety unheard
As I gather my wits
And wince as the bus nearly hits
Others, but it just misses.
(This is as far as I got with today’s poem..)
Poetic April 