Soul Drifter

I can not dwell on where I've been
Or where ten years I'll be
The roads are gone, the rivers dry
Nameless faces I see

For if the path led straight back home
I wouldn't know the way
The cobbled stones, the quarried hill
My mind begins to sway

When sunrise turns to ashen waste
And trees, they fail to leaf
You'll find my soul amidst the stars
My poems, what's left of me

05/04/25

......day before Mom's Angel Anniversary
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Rodgers Avatar
October 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Hey James, I felt like this was written in the same wind I’ve been walking through. I lost my mom on Easter this year, and I’ve been trying to trace paths that don’t exist anymore. Your poem is like memory trying to find a place to land. Thank you for writing something that feels like company in the quietude of life. Autumn Blessings, James, Daniel
Goff Avatar
October 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hi Daniel, yes, I leave fresh cheese-curds & root beer over the Wisconsin Bluff near Mom, Dad & my favorite picnic spot on the Mississippi...their portion, makes me feel better
Zahid Avatar
August 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
That's a great write James. I hope you are doing great
Goff Avatar
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Thanks Paghunda!
Maverick Avatar
June 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
See you there Jimbo..' When our earthly time is Past.' I'll race you to Andromeda and back? Maybe watch a planet grow in some new stellar Outback.?
Goff Avatar
June 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
You got it Joe!
Peranteau Avatar
June 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
goosebumps James...ty...much love
Goff Avatar
June 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Thank you James
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