Where the Mountains Meet the Sea

A poem about where my mind goes when I need to flee from the fetters of life. Its actually the lyrics to the slow song on the new album.

The place I run for in my troubled mind

The blinding noise makes solace hard to find

Take me away from bust'ling city streets

This weary heart, human contact defeats

 

The cliffs behind, infinity before

The birthplace of our world's creation bore

The sandy roots of wood-hewn spires tall

Let me forget that we're all doomed to fall

 

Insane with hate and lust for outright greed

We take and hurt beyond the call of need

'Til expired the clock of human time

I'll spend my days hidden in cryptic rhyme

 

Im not there in person as we speak

But in my mind I see the snow-capped peak

There is no place that I would rather be

Than hiding where the mountains meet the sea

 

I escape the bonds of a troubled life

No need for booze or cutting with a knife

Until the day that I can make it there

Behind my eyes waits escape from despair

 

I am not there in person as we speak

But in my mind I'm walking down the peak

There is no place that I would rather be

Than hiding where the mountains meet the sea

Author's Note

Line 6: "bore": double entendre for both carrying and a tidal bore
Simple AABB pattern, ten beat rhythym with a free form meter.

Reviews

[iamkim]

"There is no place that I would rather be
Than hiding where the mountains meet the sea" --- I fell in love with these 2 lines. I really love the poem, the calmness it brought to me while I was reading it. A very nice work indeed! Thumbs up my friend for a job well done :)