Wanderlust

The sky is dull tonight
it's the dullest of the nights
I ever came by
I can't lure the Sun with my
silvered words
not even the ones that I'm brave enough
to speak, but I want more than this life,
I want more than the prewritten destiny
hiding inside dying stars
that won't even shine upon me.
Don't underestimate me.
I'm an anguished voyager
trapped inside a circle doomed to
wander the same distances forever.
I don't take pity unless from star-crossed
deities from long lost mythologies
or planets constellated so that
attempts at escaping are futile
and going back isn't an option
there's only a straight line to
be crossed, alike Icarus did with
flaming feathers in attempt
to capture freedom forever
trying for he could wait no longer for
what may never come, that day he
set the line between possibility
that everyone dreamed of
and the scorching impossibility
of all that we don’t understand
and maybe I’m Icarus
yearning for something more
upon every step I take
my feathers long melted off
and the only thing that flies me
is searing pain of knowing
I want something more than this life
that I’ll never make to achieve

Reviews

[R J Askew]

Great stuff, I love the yearning in this, the dissatiscation with out little lot, the eternal quest for more, better, to go beyond what we are. Isn't that what Life deamnds of us? Comapred to a dull lump of star we are ... extraordinary in our brief blossomings. But then we are gone gone back into the dullness of the universe. God, o god! what would the universe be without us!

[Ellie Howard]

i enjoyed reading htis very much, great job :D

[Meghan]

Amazing imagery in this piece! I loved it. I absolutely adored your allusion to Icarus, I'm a huge fan of Greek mythology ;). This is something I can definitely relate to. Wanting more from life. Great job. Thanks for sharing!

[screamin'ian]

My sentiments, as well...

[Lydia]

Nice flow of thoughts, and I like the reasoon behind the poem. Thanks for the outstanding poem!