Europa

travel to infinity, as
the black dawn approaches
this great escape, no hope;
for the dwindle of time
 
steer this ship, my dear
into the great abyss
years of light will pass
towards this distant place
 
the great lake of fire
marks our saving grace;
old worlds to new --
a change in pace.

Reviews

[Tam Warink]

Dear Mr. Boffin,

I am writing to express my pleasure at having discovered your writing. I must confess that you were recommended by a friend. I find her thoughts regarding the quality of your work to be accurate. You coin some unusual and perhaps obscure metaphors ("black dawn") but it the succinct lines compact stanzas bursting with image and idea that I find most enticing. Thank you for sharing.

Tam

[Mr.Boffin]

Im glad you like my stuff :) I have a feeling I know who the friend is and I'm glad she recommended me (which is weird, I've never been "recommended" before, at least not that I know of). To be honest a lot of my early stuff, up until the past few months, I'm not really a fan of. Coming back and reading this brings me back. This stuff was written years and years ago when I first got into writing, and I don't think it represents "me". The last, I'd say, six or so poems are more representative of my style; although out of those I only really like a handful of lines: I am extremely hard on myself, and my writing haha.

Anyways, thanks again! Looking forward to reading more of your stuff.

Nick

[Tam Warink]

Well, Nick, we're always our own worst critic.. so they say. Yes, she seems to have an eye for this stuff so I'd just go with it. Nothing like a few seconds of fame & glory, eh? ;-)