Shangri-la-ha

It is better to have your head in the clouds, and know where you are... than to breathe the clearer atmosphere below them, and think that you are in paradise. - Thoreau

reaching out with both hands

i've got you by your wide, double-breasted lapels

coercing you into perceiving what i feel

lofty highs and hungry lows

frozen tears and joyous minutes

kicking off my shoes and passing them to you

taking you on a journey into my world

where flags either sulk at half staff or dance unfurled

where the laughter can be deep and loud

where the bus is a cloud

and the fillings in your teeth are falling out but proud

where truth doesn't have to hide behind a dead shroud

a place where faith sneaks up on you

lines in the sand are always dotted and crossed

and time is never lost

no matter the cost

happiness is a rule here, not a law

but rules are meant to be broken

in this double-barreled shotgun spa

this downtown shangri-la-ha

Author's Note

"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us." - Thoreau

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I love this. I want to visit you there. I thought the wilderness was a superb place to hang out & make outlandish rhymes, but I could go glug-glug-glug on somma your wild urbanities enumerated here. I love your wry humor ensconced in sassy rhymes, showing how to escape the mundane aspects of whatever one's boring locale might be! Happy New Year! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Pete]

lol. be careful what you wish for - you just might get it. thank you for getting this. happy new year! ... :)