Emotional ABCs, poem, poetry

Wander: Emotional ABCs

Wander: Emotional ABCs

starlight on water
I wonder while I wander
parting night’s cold veil

Watch city lights rise
a blaze against the night sky
tiptoe along streets

Keep on walking, open road calls me home.
Deep wooded glens await explorers.
I lace my hiking boots step onto loam.
I’m ready to roam; I’m a wonderer.
Grasslands spread their arms wide inviting me
to walk, run my fingers through the long grass.
Sniff the flowers in the prairies; climb trees,
touch the sky; tweak the stars in space’s air-
less darkness; spin planets on their axes,
fly high over mountains on eagle’s wings;
take rides in imagination’s taxis;
swim in lakes where water cascades and sings.
I wander with eyes fixed on horizons
both near and far in time as I walk on.

I leave no footprint
no sign of any passage
no leaf out of place

Each spot visited
becomes a memory kept
but not repeated.

 

28 thoughts on “Wander: Emotional ABCs”

  2. Thank you for bringing me with you in this piece. Yes that’s how vivid the imagery is. I love wandering off by myself, lost in the crowd.

    2. Thank you for the offer. I’ll take it up one of these days 😀 I ramble, too. Literally and figuratively. 🙂

  3. This is a special piece in your ABC series… I enjoy both wondering and wandering …one reason why I like this poem so much…you take us on a fantastic journey.

  4. I leave no footprint
    no sign of any passage
    no leaf out of place

    Each spot visited
    becomes a memory kept
    but not repeated.

    So beautifully penned. Wonder and wander! Memory kept but not repeated. That makes me ponder if i should do the same.
    P.S. I’ve been away and now I’m catching up. Hope you’ve been well, my dear Mel.

  5. Geez!!! That opening senryu and that ending one are just sooooo beautiful. Wonder and wander. Kept but not repeated. Need I say more? <3 smiling sigh

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