Autopilot Poems - Poems about Autopilot

His own voice talks over his head, as if he were not there. The load car radio plays distant music. Without thinking, he changes channels, hears only the drumming road. His eyes are low lit, they see only feet beyond his gripped hands. Sunlight glares past thoughts, he swivels right, sidles left, soft shouldering unseen corners. He is listening to a memory, just a self-driving memory, The car jolts – returns him back...

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Another day has gone into oblivion Or maybe it’s concealing in the night To reappear again, as one of million Tomorrows, waiting for the dawning light The same old day is like a childhood friend Whom you’ve been missing for a little while Before forgetting, but oh dear, he’s here again What a surprise indeed, you crack a smile But as the hours...

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Some days, when I wake, there’s nothing upstairs, Some days I’m blank and bare, Some days when I look at myself in the mirror, All I see is a dry empty stare. And all I can do is what I do every day, Automate my morning routine, Have a shave, wash my face, then get dressed for work,...

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Ascending number of waves flow Ultimate beads of ripples grow Tensionless journey through the wind Onto dry sand it smiles and grins Politely moisting nearby rocks Intricate rainbows form on docks Laudable detail with each splash Ornate sea treasures in a cache These depths of matter can flummox....

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It's interesting how a person can move in a steady rhythm without a thought to the matter How autopilot is as real of a thing to the human person as it is to a plane How this constant unconscious movement often pulls us thin to the point where we might shatter And how we don't even realize it's...

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The heart of the mountain burst into the endless sea And here lies the ash in the salt we are washed Black and white and the grey air between us Since time first sounded the gunshot to the human race Footsteps resounds through the smoke and gun powder Can our vague cause get any louder? We have settled the earth...

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Sometimes in life, although it be, a person can be good. For reasons we don't understand, perhaps misunderstood. To wrap your mind around the facts is not an easy thing.. No pilot in the cockpit; "Look!,"; he's standing on the wing! "Don't jump!", we say, he looks around he doesn't say a word. He jumps 10,000 feet to earth; at last he's finally cured!...

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