meantime

I haven't posted in a few days, but that's because I've been formulating what I would write in my blog. I'm coming up with some good topics, but I'm not quite there yet. In the meantime, here's something to tide you over. I wrote this poem for a creative writing assignment and this is just the rough draft, but at the same time I don't think there will be any more drafts either because I like it. Enjoy:


Letting Go

Standing.
Sharp edge, steep cliff
Miniscule pebbles crumble into black abyss
Craggy rocks stand guard below
Jutting sharply out of muddy walls.

Upward.
Sky painted a quiet blue
Sun illuminated, a brass button
Alone in the empty expanse
Stretching for days, months, decades.

Alone.
But not lonely
Kept company by painful memories
A beautiful melancholy of days past
Every thought, millions, hang in the air.

Clutching.
The same strong grip
That leads us back each time
To the place we cannot bear
Refusing to let go.

Helium.
Suspends a balloon in space
Like hopes in the back of our minds
Things we know we can never achieve
Always holding us back.

Strength.
Uncurling wishing fingers
Sets a plastic sphere rising slowly, slowly
Quickly, quickly a little planet in the sky
A mere speck on the face of the universe.

Letting go.