Contributor Series 3: Resolution and Resolve, Lost Dream
Contributor Series 3: Resolution and Resolve
Lost Dream
By Joan McNerney
I am driving up a hill
without a name on an
unnumbered highway.
This road transforms into
a snake winding around
coiled on hairpin turns.
At bottom of the incline
lies a dark village strangely
hushed with secrets.
How black it is. How difficult
to find that dream street
which I must discover.
Exactly what I will explore
is unsure. Where I will find it
is unknown. All is in question.
I continue to haunt gloomy
streets in this dream town
crossing dim intersections.
Everything has become a maze
where one line leads to another
dead ends become beginnings.
Deciding to abandon my search,
I return for my automobile ...
nowhere to be found in shadows.
Finally I look up at the moon's
yellow eye ... my lips forming
prayers to a disinterested god.
Joan McNerney's poems Birthday Present and Contributor Series 2: Candy and Spirits: Shhhhh ... appeared at vox poetica in 2009.
Lost Dream
By Joan McNerney
I am driving up a hill
without a name on an
unnumbered highway.
This road transforms into
a snake winding around
coiled on hairpin turns.
At bottom of the incline
lies a dark village strangely
hushed with secrets.
How black it is. How difficult
to find that dream street
which I must discover.
Exactly what I will explore
is unsure. Where I will find it
is unknown. All is in question.
I continue to haunt gloomy
streets in this dream town
crossing dim intersections.
Everything has become a maze
where one line leads to another
dead ends become beginnings.
Deciding to abandon my search,
I return for my automobile ...
nowhere to be found in shadows.
Finally I look up at the moon's
yellow eye ... my lips forming
prayers to a disinterested god.
Joan McNerney's poems Birthday Present and Contributor Series 2: Candy and Spirits: Shhhhh ... appeared at vox poetica in 2009.
Posted by Annmarie at 1/2/2010 10:53 PM 
Categories: today's words, Contributor Series 3
Tags: lost dream dark road Joan McNerney finding the way
Categories: today's words, Contributor Series 3
Tags: lost dream dark road Joan McNerney finding the way
A desperate search for something that only the, can find. Beautiful work.
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