I Am Looking For A Blue Star

I Am Looking For A Blue Star

I am looking for a blue star.
I am not afraid to travel without luggage.
I moisten my tongue with the stones that
I pry loose from the river beds.
I continue on.
If the wind hums my name in nonchalance
and then pretends to have hummed nothing,
I will go in that direction, even if the voice
is invisible and the day goes on too long..
I will listen for my name song.
There is a peacock that follows me.
He is odd and ugly with his long tail dragging,
There is an old man with a walking stick
standing on a swinging bridge.
He waves his arm in an forward motion
I am without gages or wiles.
If my clothes tear, I do not mend them.
If my skin stings, I do not touch it.
It is difficult at night. I cannot see in the dark.
I ready for bed behind the shield
of the peacock's spread.
Each night I use his beauty as a blanket.
Early each morning I strip the corn from a field
of brown husks.
I grind it with a smooth stone.
I feed myself and the peacock and we continue on.

Reviews

[Sarai Akscyn]

Phibby I'm back ... propelled by Jason's death.

I'm reading what could be a ballad here - but needs some structured format. There are also places that seem to need a segue or bridge to provide a stop gap. There is wonderment in this wandering poetry that I love. Sarai

[Larissa G.]

Huh...it's different. It leaves us to find whatever meaning we want from it, I think. Actually, I read an article today that said blue was a catalyst for creative thinking...so perhaps in my mind I see this as a search for a muse?
I'm not sure.
Thanks for sharing, though.

[W.k.kortas]

What J.P. says, I guess...the inventiveness of the imagery (who else would present us with an ugly peacock?), the smooth cadence--it is all rendered wonderfully. Simply wonderful, wonderful stuff.

[J.P. Bristow]

[Emily B]

I can only imagine that the heavens must be smiling at such an amazing quest. The beauty isn't only in the screen of the peacock's feathers you know. There is something in the grace and strength of the heroine that is much to be admired.