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a walk by starlight

by Andrew S Adams

i walk in the world, not asking where to go,
for i will only be pointed down a road
that knows an end.
instead, i walk the routes that
have no logic; the nights
that have no day.
i walk for the moments that the starlight
is the only nessecity
to be content with life.

and walking over a troubled bridge
the water calm and the sky clear
i have no sense of direction,
nor do i have a need for it.
the city lights pollute the sky for some
but the city lights can be the stars,
if only somewhat fallen.

i can walk for these stars, but tonight
i am out in a cool dream, swiftly thinking of
any reason to feel at war, but tonight the sky
is peace.

and here it is that i should wander off the path
into the deep and troubled wood.
yet the trees provide a blanket for me,
where the stars shine over head.
and in this very moment, i am free.
i am content.

07/24/2003

Posted on 07/24/2003
Copyright © 2024 Andrew S Adams

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Jean Mollett on 07/25/03 at 01:09 AM

Hi Andrew, It's lovely, taking a walk in after dark, in the starlight. Thinking and wondering. Specially with the one ya love. Peace & Joy. Jean

Posted by Max Bouillet on 07/26/03 at 11:21 PM

The contentedness you speak of at the end of your poem, is relayed to the reader by the poem itself. Excellent use of light. I am particularly fond of the way you described the street lights. Extremely great read. Thanks.

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