Sunday, February 19, 2012

I Know Balance



Train whistle
shadowy ghosts
rouse me restless
from nestled sleep
bizarre dreams
steel wheels spark
on railroad tracks
scorched fields
in August drought
smudgy air seeps
I remember sores 
from straps for 
walking on tracks
I know balance

8 comments:

  1. It is important to know balance, but sometimes achieving it is difficult!

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  2. I like it, Willow. And, I like that I wasn't sure where the poem was going, which carried me more closely with it. I'm laughing at myself. I have just reread the poem for the sixth time, because I keep finding more things. Well done.

    margo

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  3. I love the ending especially, Willow. Darkness illuminated with hope.

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  4. Sometimes when I think of balance I think of the blind Lady Justice statue. And sometimes I just wish I had a bigger beam :)

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  5. Profound... and the ending is really good.

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  6. interesting poem. I used to walk the railroad tracks as a kid., lucky i never got into trouble for, just reminder to listen for the train.

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  7. I fear for all fields that border railroad tracks and have to endure those sparking wheels!


    Whirling Haiku

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  8. Wow, this is amazing, Willow. The ending is such a surprise to my senses!

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