Heaven And Hell On Earth

 

Looking over the horizon

I can see forever

Forming in the ridges

Of the mountain’s skyline,

It is the antidote

To the poison of city life.

Don’t get me wrong,

This concrete jungle is my home

But I still need time

To catch my breath.

 

How can I speak

If I can’t breathe?

How can I be

If I can’t speak?

 

The trickle down theory

Is rendered useless

When the crimson flow

Needs to be steady.

Without the freedom of open veins

To guide my way

I am assured a one-way ticket

To the four corners of hell.

Reviews

[THERISA]

One person's Hell
Is another haven
Fact
We seem to forget
In our rush through life.

Guess
I'm a city gal
At heart.

Willing to take
In small doses
The countryside
With it's dusty gravel roads.

Thank you, for sharing this poem with us, Dale. :)

[Lauren Beth]

Love this piece, the lines "It is the antidote...To the poison of city life." are great and so true. Sometimes you just need to get away from life, from the hustle and bustle. Nature and countryside brings peace and calmness to many of us, even those of us who do love the city for many reasons. Great emotion and yearning expressed here. Nice write!!

[Manda]

WOW I LOVED THIS! WELL DONE

[An owl on the moon]

Oh I can sense the depth of this longing. Growing up near you there, the valley was so filled with smog, choking one down... a smog of metaphorical means as well. Your words strike such a cord for the beauty of life and of the natural world to refresh and renew us.

[closed account]

wow this is very powerful, yes the concrete jungle
life has many phases, to open yourself up and free yourself
fly away to a place of peace, it's lays clearly in your heart!!
very nice..

[Anita B Jacques]

terrible it would be if we couldn't get away from city life and refill our senses.
Like a work week without a Week-End, HELL.
A great write my friend.

[Constance-Outspoken]

Ah, the need for liberty is one of the deepest ones in some of us, isn't it? One of my favorite places is "the middle of nowhere".
Love this one.

[SM Davis]

Wow! Without the freedom of open veins to guide my way... POWERFUL. I know this feeling...having not been able to ride for sometime I feel stifled. Good stuff cowboy!! :0)

[Tina Kline]

I really like this and so agree with it. I need the wildness to escape too as well. Wonderful poem.