Swingset Time Machine

 

Swingset time machine

 

a ryan luse jam

 

Zoom in; it’s just my soul swaying in the wind on a nostalgic school yard

Every epiphany, every love of yesteryear propels my legs to propel hard

Let the monkey-bar Polaroid’s fade to digital slides as I contemplate the above

The higher I soar this playground the more I see the intricate peaks of love

 

Than I get that invisible push behind

And maybe the rush is all in my mind

Maybe its time to jump, just to be seen

Leaping from my swing set time machine

 

Fade out; it’s just our souls swaying in the fading sunlight kicking in a rhythm all our own

 

Now that you are near me, we can let our inner child glow like a tapestry God has sewn

 

Let’s manifest dream graffiti on the tower-blocks radiating our silhouettes against the trapeze

 

The higher we swing the more we realize we are actually falling like stars colliding in the breeze

 

Than we get that invisible push behind

And maybe the rush is all in our mind

Maybe its time to jump, just to be seen

Leaping from our swing set time machine

Reviews

[just is]

epiphany, This is a wonderful write here, really beautiful, but unsure what this word is and what it means, excellent write.

[Robyn]

I really like this poem, it would make a good song. The rhyming scheme flows so nicely and I love the line about the graffiti. Very nostalgic, has that innocent radiance to it, but at the same time the words go deep.