- Non-Erotic Poetry
- The Traveler
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An eagle's cry draws my eyes to the heavens
My heart fills with an overwhelming longing
To soar above the sewers of humanity
To a world bright and blue
To know only instinct and cunning
The single-mindedness of survival
No regrets, no love, no wounds on the soul
But I am trapped in an earthbound vessel
Chained by the shackles of emotion
Trapped by the weakness of awareness
I wish to be free of these banes...
But with a sigh and a weary smile
I lower my head and trudge onward
- COMMENTS
Amyfriendabout 17 years agoa touch of brilliance...a delightful read, thanks...If you have ever been up in a glider (engineless plane - not the hang gliders) the feeling is truly out of this world and I pictured this as a solution to your problems in the poem.
LeBrozabout 17 years agoYour best offering of today. Those first two lines are the weakest; here's a possible alternate:
<P>An eagle's cry draws my eyes,
<P>My heart fills with longing,
<P>The remainder of the poem is much stronger than those first two lines.
