Onward, Onward

Poem-a-day Challenge, Day One!

 

 

Onward, Onward

you set out to

far away

            away

a-ways from the

world

your world, stepping

gingerly as not

to crack the

sandy shore line

there wasn’t a

purpose

just walking

drifting like a

cloud being nudged

by the translucent

soul of the wind

onward

onward

you were see-through

too

the only way you

stayed connected to the world

was closing your eyes

tight, clamped, shut

walking though water—

a cool puddle ocean

without fish—you

neglected to stumble

but kept going

      keep breathing, you

let the water burn

within to tether yourself

to this world

the earth moved under

you, the dirt stroked

between your toes,

cool and dark

against your white-hot

soul as you

left nowhere land

      no one land

wind pushed you like

a kite but each gust

blew through your lost-self

as it would between

each vapor of a cloud

you almost evaporated

into a wood you

tripped care-freely alone

letting the sound of

silence interrupt your

never ending soliloquy

of fatalistic solitude

the wind kept you

barreling onward

                onward

but each leaf rustled

within each tree, asking

whether or not you missed

your world

you did dearly,

desperately, and every

painstaking tear that fell

into the ever moving wind

sang for your heart in

the words only rustling

green leaves could understand

but still

onward

onward

the sun hurt your

fragile shell

white shell

lonely shell

you floated but

wished the wind could

carry you faster as

a torrential downpour of emotion

cascaded from your tightly

closed eyes

waiting in the moonlight

you sat, desperate for

relief from the emptiness of

all

you and the moon let

tears escape together,

he—stars,

you—water, he was

missing the sun

you whispered your soul to

him, let it float away from

you to forget your existence

as to explained that you would

go home soon

and that you only missed

being missed

onward

onward

 

~Olivia :)