Rhona Mcferran Poet Free verse

Gyspy Soul

Restless, roving soul
needing, reaching, grasping
aching, antsy, anxious
impatient since birth
my soul is a gypsy
wandering the earth

I delve the depths
for spiritual solace,
that place of rest-
scouting rough terrain
searching, probing, seeking
habitats humane

Empty hateful faces,
“GOD-forsaken” spaces-
this place is a wasteland
breaking my heart
humanity desecrated
all falling apart

Bohemian gypsy soul
deviant, despised
traversing the expanse between
‘what is’ and ‘what should be’
I long for an asylum
a better place for me

Desolate and downcast
pitifully sad nomad
feeling forgotten, abandoned-
destined to roam
but soul exiles aren’t forever
HE will guide me safely home

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Freddie Robinson Jr. November 2, 2018 at 2:37 PM Beautiful poem w/sweeping panoramic truths, Rhona. An instant fave. Pure poetry. May love light your path in life always. Rhona Mcferran November 2, 2018 at 4:42 PM Aaawww! Thank you so much for the lovely comment... and may love light your path in life, as well! ;)

Silent One September 11, 2018 at 6:42 AM Sad imagery in your poem, I love the use of vocabulary.. you really know how to create deep imagery.. very emotive... Great first post.. Welcome to the soup.. Rhona Mcferran September 11, 2018 at 7:33 AM Thank you, I appreciate the encouragement!

Gabrielle Jordan September 8, 2018 at 6:53 AM Ahhh Rhona, this washes all over me. I felt as if you met my soul and shook it's hand and said it's okay, your not alone. The ache of being a gypsy soul. So authentically captured here. This made me Wow! Dear one, so beautifully done! Rhona Mcferran September 8, 2018 at 9:52 AM Thank you, Gabrielle! That is what I wished for my poem- that it would seek out "my people" & deliver that exact message... I am so glad that it found you!! ;)

Rhona Mcferran July 19, 2018 at 10:10 PM Thank you so much! It's wonderful to know my words have touched a fellow hippie kindred spirit!

Caren Krutsinger June 11, 2018 at 9:25 AM This went to my favorite list after I started to capture and show you what I liked about it, and I realized that I was capturing almost all of the words out of every verse. Why re-write such a perfect poem? I am a hippie soul, and feel exactly like this so much of the time, wondering where humanity has disappeared to, and when we'll get it back. I especially like these words: "searching, probing, seeking habitats humane". What a great poem, Rhona. Keep them coming!