This Land

Inspired by a road trip to Wyoming

The sky is endless, and bluer than I've ever seen

concealed by a blanket of grey storm clouds

The land's so green, it's begging me

to run my fingers through its hair

It would be blasphemy to deny its beauty, 

but I long for a place much closer, much quieter

in the warmth of your arms, and the heat of your eyes

The winds are frigid now

and the only thing keeping me from shivering

is the thought of laying my head on your chest

watching the embers die

They can have this open, empty land

of hills that extend beyond my reach

It's nothing more than a blue-skied hell

without you here to make it whole

Author's Note

I wrote this poem during a road trip to Wyoming. It was so beautiful! Thank you so much for stopping by, and have a great day!
<3 Elisa

Reviews

[Lexi Richard]

I really do love this piece. It is so effortlessly beautiful, yet powerful at the same time. My favorite part was "but I long for a place much closer, much quieter
in the warmth of your arms, and the heat of your eyes".
It really just brings it to very a personal and relatable level. The ended of this is very lovely as well, I like the phrase "blue-skied hell". I don't think I've read a poem with this topic before (or at least not one as enjoyable as yours). Great job! I'd really love to go to Wyoming now, it sounds beautiful.

[Elisa]

Wow thank you so much for your incredibly kind review! Yeah Wyoming is amazing, just don't forget a jacket ^.^ I look forward to reading some of your work too :)

[Lexi Richard]

You're welcome! :)

[AaronFreitas]

This is a nice write... I got to do a road trip from Cali to Minnesota last summer and it was beautiful. Nice work!

[Elisa]

Thank you! :D yeah I had a lot of fun on the trip.

[AaronFreitas]

That's awesome :)

[AaronFreitas]

I remember driving through Nebraska and I swear everything looked the same for like 4 hours straight haha

[Elisa]

Yeah I told my friend to crank to music up so I could stay awake!

[AaronFreitas]

haha... I was still married last summer and went with the in-laws... my father in law wouldn't allow to drive faster than 65 and if any music it was country real low. It was slow miserable torture lol... speed limit was 70 in areas and we were getting passed by big rigs lol

[Elisa]

Omg woow lol

[AaronFreitas]

yeah I am lucky to still have any sanity lol

[Saddam]

The winds are frigid now
and the only thing keeping me from shivering

It's wonderful, Great job dear.
Atmosphere is awesome.

[Elisa]

Thank you :D

[Saddam]

Most welcome.............( ' . ' )

[Harpreet kaur bajwara]

it is awesome.Elisa u did a grt a job

[Elisa]

Thanks so much Nonu!

[Harpreet kaur bajwara]

your welcome dear