Unmoored

Adrift

It's like jumping into water

and doing somersaults -

this unsteady ground beneath me.

I'm not trying to run away,

though stuck on the point of action.

I can't just take my savings and go.

There's so much going on in this world,

yet I've nothing new to offer.

I don't want to spread poison

or serve exploitative powers.

Lives blink in and out so quickly.

I look back on the loves I've lost,

the hands I'll never hold again.

Even if I never touch the moon,

I'll still gaze up at the stars

and cherish time's irretrievable passage.

Reviews

[W. Barrett Munn]

This is excellent. The metaphors fit perfectly and not a word out of place.

Winston