Collaboration With Chris Green-Forbidden

Another lonesome highway
One hundred empty streets
Unending broken detours
Each turn my vast defeats

I fear an early winter
The snow is ten feet tall
Can barely see my breathing
While others have it all

I run after sidewalk cracks
And land in the dirt
Leaves keep falling
It’s just another hurt

Shards of glass on the road
Tell me I can’t go first
Barbed wire on my skin
I know it leaves me cursed

An uphill path I follow
My weary legs are sore
Atop the highest mountain
I can not take much more

When then a thin horizon
Illuminates the sea
Much more than I imagine
Unfolds in front of me 

Bigger than my nightmares
Bigger than my dreams
A tiny speck of heaven 
Is ripping at the seams

I know when I stand here
I interrupt something hidden
I want to embrace the waves
But the quiet has forbidden

So I'll just keep on walking 
For now I understand 
That there is so much waiting
Out in this promised land 

Somewhere beyond the arbor
Beneath these skies of blue
My days are now spent dreaming 
In hopes some will come true
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Andresen Avatar
November 7, 2017 at 11:44 AM
- There are so many emotions this poem gives me - A fantastic co- write from both of you - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Blade Avatar
November 7, 2017 at 12:15 PM
Thank you so much Sunshine! Have a nice day!
Kinch  Avatar
November 5, 2017 at 8:41 PM
Wonderful Iris and Chris. Drew me in at the first stanza and held me till the last. Ditto to the comment from Agnes.
Blade Avatar
November 6, 2017 at 12:06 PM
Wow thank you Elizabeth, I am glad we held you attention!
Krampe Avatar
November 5, 2017 at 7:20 PM
Wonderful poem, Iris and Chris. I love how, out of the desolation, hope rises. Great collaboration.
Blade Avatar
November 6, 2017 at 12:05 PM
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it, glad you liked it.
Sands Avatar
November 5, 2017 at 1:48 PM
Excellent poem :)
Blade Avatar
November 6, 2017 at 12:02 PM
Thank you Heidi!
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