Best Travelme Poems
I'm Always Around
by BJ Welsh
I'm not near, but I'm really not so far
If you look up I'll be the brightest star
Looking down upon God's project earth
Watching and waiting for a rebirth
When you speak I will always listen
My points will seem to shine and glisten
Giving you guidance when things seem tough
Steady now it may be rough
When we meet again someday
Be it there or far away
I'm here for now and always will
Never escaping, did you feel that chill?
My spirit wind brushed by your side
Or the soft, gentle wave pushed by the sea tide
When we meet again someday
Be it there or far away
You've given me hope and reason to breath
It's not yet time for me to leave
I'm that fluttering seagull upon the sands
Maybe I'm the reason for you to dance
When we meet again someday
Be it near or far away
I'm standing on the platform, but I ain't waiting for a train
It's a spaceship I'm about to enter to take me to another plane
I'm going on a journey and I'll be gone for many a year
But the sights I view will marvel I, and quell all my fears
The countdown has reached it's prime as the boosters ignite the fuel
Blast off as I head to the heavens, escaping the atmosphere's cool
The tanks that have carried me here, are released to fall to the earth
There's no turning back I say to myself, this is a time to feel worth
The first thing I do when we orbit, is to view where I came from
Whatever I find, where ever I go, there will only be one place called home
Into the black void we travel, passing abandoned pieces of man
Redundantly left to roam, they have finished their part of his plan
We pass many particles of matter, forever strewn in this darkened world
Remnants of explosions from it's past, in ever travelling hurl
Bright lights appear all around, these plasma luminous balls
Held together by gravity, growing up they left us in enthralled
As we travel we become very wary, of the monster from this deep
Black Holes we are told many a time, from them nothing seeps
These regions of space lure, not even light can escape
Anything bright in it's presence, becomes inter planetary rape
But out in this uncharted territory lies a beautiful wonderful place
It's called the Milky Way Galaxy, it's where our Solar System is graced
If man ever decides to frequent, we have to leave many traits behind
For if there are others out here, we really have to be
A totally different, mankind.
It is December 31, the last day of the year.
The nighttime sky is dark, but quite clear.
In Times Square, there is a lighted ball.
The New Year arrives when it makes its fall.
Despite the freezing cold, there is a huge crowd.
They count down the final seconds very loud.
Finally, in New York, it is 2008.
Everyone wishes each other tidings great.
While I walked around Times Square earlier in the day,
I was looking up at billboards a little to my dismay.
There was Nissan, Nikon, and Panasonic on display.
Honda and Toyota cars drove by me today.
How many of you were around on VJ Day?
Most of us are too young to remember 1945.
Very few of us who were around are still alive.
Who has seen the picture in Life Magazine,
where a sailor kissed his woman, and made a scene?
This leaves me to ask with interrogative candor:
From all I see today, who really won the war?
The desert wind scours the land
Home to all of civilized man
Ankhs hang from leather straps
No turkey gobbles nor Auntie naps.
Kids in mosques and chapels abound
Singing chants of eastern sound.
Genies squirm in lamps too tight
Images rise of Arabian nights.
Visitor you’ll find me over seas
In search an antiquarian gies.
No pumpkin pie or candied yams
Gathered around a table of clan.
Destiny has brought me here
Ancient pyramids now come clear
Yesterdays dreams, I do revere.
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lead me i’ll follow
though the path is
long and narrow
follow me i’ll
lead you down
a pathway
full of skylight to
see a beautiful
sunrise or sunset
moonlight to see
stars sparkle in
the blackest of night
so lead me i’ll follow
or follow me i’ll
i’ll lead you
either way it’s
a journey you’ll
just want to take
MISTER JACK DANIELS AND BEER IS HOW I GOT HERE
I decided to take me a on a little road trip
Just me and Jack Daniels so I took me a sip
Mr. Daniels with a chaser I didn’t need
And neither Jack nor I knew where the road would lead
At mile marker number 15 I drank me some more
Jack told me I needed some food so we stopped at a store
Bought me some bologna, cheese and a six pack of beer
Revved up my ride and threw her in gear
Mr. Daniels demanded I go a lot faster
And pretty soon that brown bottle became my master
A nip of Jack and a sip of beer is all I required
Some people might have but I never grew tired
The road stretched before us as if it were our guide
Exactly where we were headed we didn’t decide
Mr. Daniels sat next to me insisting where I steer
While in the back seat sat my silent six pack of beer
Jack and the beer were having some convoluted conversation
But I told them both to shut up or I’d lose my concentration
I held tightly to the wheel as we sped down the road
With me unawares that soon I’d be carrying a heavy load
My vehicle vied with a violation of the law
We wanted to go to a flick but ended up at the shore
On the way home I made certain no Jack or beer spilled
And then the Judge gave me five to ten for the people I killed
© 2011.….Poefree
I dreamed of the hills,
Fountain, springs
But she didn't see.
Waking up, I get the buzz
Wondering whats all the fuss
Things that couldn't be..
She tells me "hello,
I had a talk with the fellow,
The trip is a day away!
I sprang up from my bed
Like waking up from the dead
"Yes!" was all i could say,
I packed my bags
Including the rags
Never felt such bliss!
The songs I had sung
So many days, since they rung
My mind, like daffodil-thrills..
But my life,
A boundless strife,
The tickets couldn't be arranged,
My lips lost its hue,
Nothing else she could do,
My life had been deranged.
Tonight I will cry
And imagine to fly
The far away worlds that lure.
Silly, I am!
for giving a damn,
My dreams will keep me alive, for sure.
Santorini,Greece my top pick
staring out to the Aegean Sea.
Blissful emotion in my heart
this island set me free.
White washed caves to sleep in
fresh fruit to tempt your tongue.
Riding mopeds to black rock beaches
topless in the sun.
Music fills the air at night
my ears are filled with soul.
Dancing freely in the bars
making me feel whole.
Braided locks of rainbow threads
fall down my shoulders bare.
Mud bath waters to sail to
softens feet to hair.
Winds of purity
sweep across my face.
Ill forever remember Greece
My most special place.
I feel in this moment
every tremble of the Earth.
Every consequence of it’s freedom,
the quakes disaster for moving,
the waves erosion of life,
the devastation of windy captivity-
the scars of light.
I am born,
and I must again die
to be what I am supposed to be.
This carriage is not right,
I fall inside
fold into breaking froths.
I don’t want to be normal,
I want you to be me.
I want to be what’s right,
and for you all to see the pain you cause,
just by being the way
you
are. The ghost is not natural,
death is the reasonable.
Let me live
intended.
Let me let me go.
I just want to be myself.
Let my words breathe your sight,
don't you know the hurt of hiding?
I want to collapse in hail,
swim down mountains
and forget everything I ever knew!
I want to find the one
who will go when it's time,
and come back without reason.
because I am alive
I am not man
made.
I am oxide continuum
and I don't want anything more
than the transitions!
Paths branch out
From the main road
Sitting, stalling
Then choosing
All the roads I've traveled
Lead me back
Guide me to
A single path
So I walk
Step by step
Footprints the only things
That follow
No idea
What lays ahead
Only knowing
What lays behind
No fear
All anger left
At the crossroads
Sitting beside my regrets
Walking this path
A single path
My path of pebbles and sand
Feels to right to be wrong
Off I go in the direction of career
To lose you is my worst fear
What will you do when I’m no longer near
What will become of us my dear
Nothing is promised but our feelings are clear
Falling in love has not been easy for us
Little by little we earned each others trust
My heart is yours to keep
I’ve given in; taken the leap
It’s only you and your love I seek
Just the thought of leaving makes me weep
Remember our good times when you’re alone
If you need me please pick up the phone
Tell Mister Jay I say hey everyday
That I miss him and can’t wait to play
Don’t forget what you feel for me today
I’ll only be a phone call away
In my mind and in my heart you will stay
I love you… is all that's left to say
Lay
going through the gats of irony
that aren't even gates at all
no barriers to block me
no body to foresake me
no tears or cries to slow me down
no landscapes to pause me
no transportation to push me
only the dull tread of my feet
to guide me along
on seemingly long paths
in time that never stands still.
Runaway as fast as my feet trample
My breath is ragged
Arms tired of defense
To the wind
Feet aching like the pavement I hit
It hits back in my back pulling me back
Dragging me down just like my past
Runaway from lies and smiles that protect them
Tears leaking out of eyelids that blink in failure
I ran until the air made me bleed
I was just a runaway
Whose milk is still young
Soured like the bitterness of reality
Spit on the ground
Disgracing my sneakers
Patented leather
Of new ideas and delusions that make me
..................... RUN
..................AWAY