Pensive

What is it like
To weigh down a ghost?
To keep them on earth
Assuming their post.

What is it like
To capture the mist?
To keep it jarred up,
No way to resist.

What is it like
To tie up a breeze?
To make it stay still,
And suffer the freeze.

What is it like
To capture sun rays?
To make them stay put
So we can be brave.

What is it like
To chain up some hope?
So I'll have some when
Its a slippery slope.

What is it like
To live without ropes?
A walk in the woods
A river in scope.

What is it like
To be free from pain?
Maybe the clouds.
Their gift of the rain.

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I like this very much. It reminded me of this old song by Lobo; A Simple Man
"Where do butterflies go when it rains?
Who goes around & tucks in the trains?
What makes a teddy bear like to sleep?
Why do we all make promises that we can't keep?
Where do puppy dogs go when their sad?
And what do elephants say when their mad?
Who do you tell if you don't have a friend?
Why do we open our mouths and stick our foot in?
These are the things that bother me,
Not a lot of things across some sea,
I don't even have a master plan,
I guess that I am just a simple man.
Where do robins sleep on the road?
And how can a little ant carry that load?
Why write words that we have to erase?
Why does everyone have more than one face?"

So many questions, so little time. I enjoyed.

[Hallow]

Thank you so much. And thank you for mentioning this song. I've never heard of it, but I will look it up. It sounds like something that's been on my mind.

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

one of my favourite expressions is 'like trying to nail jelly on a tree,' to describe something nigh on impossible. however, i will like to add some of your stanzas here to my cliches. 'What is it like to weigh down a ghost?' is brilliant and hints at something dark. by the final stanza we get there: 'What is it like / To be free from pain?' it's a deep and thought provoking statement. we do all eventually wash away, just like rain.