traveller

all the world's a stage on a Friday night

Distant music, a roll of thunder nearby
Proximal touch, but miles away from the heart
On nights like this, you hold my hand in the bus
and say "He does not love you he says"

Apocryphal times calls for mind-boggling measures
Distances diminish, alcohol arouses bourgeoisie fear
She too had a name, before she left
I too had a heart, that wept.

Not for touch, not for her perfect draped body
Not for rivery hairfall, slender legs in the sea
But for miracles, yes we have met
Traumatized thirteen minutes of togetherness.
Forgot, male egos and stereotypes may still rule
Life, queer, peculiar but yet so real.

Rain, let it fall today on dry earth, pierce.
Taxis, don't ever stop for night passengers.
Music, play all over on affected nights.
Boats come and go, we are all travellers.


© Nothing Personal. May 15, 2011.

Author's Note

Disclaimer:

1. Based on True events
2. Written on a library circulation slip
3. Perishable

Reviews

[arbitrary jane]

Apocryphal times calls for mind-boggling measures - such a line! that whole stanza is arresting.
such a feeling of movement in this... very worth of a travelling theme. and... written on a library circulation slip... that might be my very favorite part.

[Siddhartha]

Times change, people leave and even memory fades. But moments, moments live on in our minds and it is those moments that shape and mould us, subconsciously or not. This seemed as one of those days when those past memories swept before the eyes.

[Poeticadia]

An intriguing cross-tide of compassion and narrative that comes together to create a poem of great feeling and movement.

Love the aphorism: "Taxis, don't ever stop for night passengers." ...they just travel on past the "boats" that pass in the night.

And some wonderful words and phrases that capture the feeling of homing in on a moment before it passes by: "proximal touch", "Distances diminish","thirteen minutes of togetherness."

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Take advantage of the opportunities that come your way cause they move quickly and may not come again. That is what I take from this poem.

[Ladysue]

a very strong opening that continues throughout and pulls the reader in...I especially like the last verse as it gives a certain feeling...actually the entire piece does...remarkable indeed...

[Art Sun]

so many different views within one poem...you show us those times when we are within the reality and knowingly travel the same paths of life...nice work

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Beautiful brillant write! You penned this so remarkably!

[Moflo]

I LOVE that last stanza, its a beautiful way to wrap up such a detailed and profound poem. Really great stuff, I find stuff based on true events comes out better. I really like this piece a lot.