Scattered Beings

maybe its nothing more than criminal

running from anything that's safe

or sane

on this side of forever

stuck in this endless loop

always the same

clouds in the sky looked down and laughed

mercy surrounding the off chance of

rioting in the streets

how many times did the finish line move

just a bit closer to never gonna happen

how much longer 

as

letters abound and pencils fail

how many souls must I go through this time

riding roughshod on edit in the passenger's seat

how many ways to say no...

Reviews

[Rebecca Leigh]

I love the juxtaposition of this piece, you really get a sense of inner as well as outward turmoil

[Alisa Js]

Thank you for your time and comments...

[D Ruppert]

Is there really anything safe? Or even sane? Ponder this we should. Life at times can seem like an endless loop of perfect insanity. In reality in order to truly live we must take chances, not run from them. To play it safe is ok within certain parameters, tho sometimes we tend to take it too far. Sadly we live in a society that's grown content, complacent. How many ways to say indeed...

[Alisa Js]

I think at the end of the day, it all boils down to perception...and in time, if one can add to the mix, a dash of wisdom, all will be well.

But how often in life are decisions made primarily based on emotion alone, without the necessary wisdom, that in hindsight would have not only been life altering, but life changing as well?

Regardless, life moves on...each day rolling into the next, like clockwork...rain or shine...

Thank you for your time and comments.

Alisa💫

[. serah .]

-- excellent work, dear alisa... that opening line is just so compelling... what a thought... i think that i could describe some years of my life as "criminal running away from anything that's safe or sane"... and i relate to the rest of this piece even more... and that closing is so powerfully poignant... -- maybe we get so accustomed to saying no to anything that's safe and sane that it becomes a behavioural pattern and we don't want to change... -- the human psyche can be so perplexing at times...

[Alisa Js]

Thank you, serah....

Sometimes I wonder, too...

I appreciate you and your time. Wishing you well.

Alisa💫

[. serah .]

-- you're very welcome, alisa... and ditto... -- happy to see a new post on your pages... :)

[Coyote Poetry]

Strong and honest thoughts in the poetry.
"how many times did the finish line move
just a bit closer to never gonna happen
how much longer
as
letters abound and pencils fail"
The mind can get scattered. Sometime we must just stop and regain our mind and place. Thank you Alisa for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Alisa Js]

Thank you, CP....I will be by soon.

Alisa

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Alisa.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i ran away for twenty years...i know this poem...
got closer and closer to never...

then realized i should never say never...and started to give into feelings again...but carefully and a bit reluctantly which probably is not smart.

[Alisa Js]

Thank you, Jacob....I will be by soon.

[Alisa Js]

I can certainly relate to the never say never comment, as I, too uttered that exact phrase ...it does make you wonder sometimes if you really spoke the truth or simply rather that it became a self-fulfilling prophecy....