The Skyline Makes Me Wonder

 

Whenever I drive

To distances

Greater then my box

I can’t help but see

The skyline as

The beginning of a race

Never won

Mixed with a journey

Never taken.

 

Seeing city buildings

Against the forever blue

Takes me behind the wall

Of medieval castles

From long ago

When knights saved

The day…

Not for glory but

Love and honor

Then I start to wonder

How I would’ve faired

Where heroes

Lived and died by the sword

Since I’ve never had to walk

The razors edge.

 

The visions of

The mountaintops

Pointing towards heaven

Taking my imagination

On a flight through

Eagle eyes…

Again I wonder

If my heart

Could really handle

The fearless flight

Of possibilities

When all I’ve known

Is the security

Of roads and sidewalks.

 

Then I come home

And wonder no more

For being human

I get lost in that old

Human emotion…

 

Comfort.

 

 

Reviews

[closed account]

this is wonderful, sometimes stepping out of the box opens
new windows through new eyes, driving to new places can
so bring new perspectives to you, and when you are in your
own domain that sometimes we get bored of are suddenly
more appreciated!

[Mary E. Green]

Beautiful! I love how you wrote this!

[Sweet_pale_cacophony]

Ah!!!..i loved the simple tranquility of this poem.Just the way you used the term comfort,i felt the same while reading this write,a sense of comfort.A very well thought out theme,written honestly and simply.

[MiidniightSoul]

This is such a beautiful poem. Wow!

[Wolfwind Words]

This was great! I didn't expect the ending the way it did. I figured the sword would be replaced by laptop and on would go the adventure to some new and enchanted land!

Yet, I must agree... Comfort is our seductress these days.

Great ink!
Wolfie

[Jamie S.]

Great thinking, way to dig deep and share it with us! I love this dale, gets me thinking your an old soul with a few interesting past life's. Thanks for sharing :)

[Sorry Infamous]

Good ending. It was hard to see where it was going which I liked. Very interesting to read.

[Lightfalls]

I get lost in that old
Human emotion…

Comfort.

Yes exactly!!! I've begun to realize how DEADLY this is!!! To be out of the comfort zone, is amazing....its fine to go back to comforts for a time I suppose, but always to return to the edge, whenever theres a chance. Great poem, I like it!

[Annette Jay Sweeney]

I've had these far off kind of thoughts many times, letting distant images take me into my own little moment. You captured what it's like to get so out there, then take a look at something familiar, and welcome it back. Very well done!

[Norma M Sutton]

You have some interesting comparisons in this. I like it.

[Jenny Nelson]

Great observation, lots of thought here. Very true... longing for comfort. Very sad... missing so much by desiring for such. Well done!