Point A Bulletin
The trees look lovely in the sunlight
but I'm staring at the ground
the kids are coming back to college
but I live here all year round
without a full education
do I have anything to say
all this talk about destination
but I forgot about Point A
a point I thought I made
but I made it a point to try
and nothing anybody has to say
is gonna make me ever bat an eye
I used to keep my eyes closed
at these fireworks displays
and know where I've pictured in my mind
to throw the truth away
and what's so proudly that I am
at Point A
a point I thought I made
but I made it a point to say
that nothing in the world
has ever made certain that
rocknroll is ever gonna get in the way
so I pick up the pace
to find a road to take
to get home before
the streetlights
go out again
the trees look lovely in the moonlight
and the shadows that they cast
are just as lovely as the feeling
of talking about the past
and knowing everything is on track
because there is a beginning
and there is an end
there is a line and
I am drawing it again
it's like I never missed it
and it never missed me
and it doesn't matter
if there ever will be
a Point B.
but I'm staring at the ground
the kids are coming back to college
but I live here all year round
without a full education
do I have anything to say
all this talk about destination
but I forgot about Point A
a point I thought I made
but I made it a point to try
and nothing anybody has to say
is gonna make me ever bat an eye
I used to keep my eyes closed
at these fireworks displays
and know where I've pictured in my mind
to throw the truth away
and what's so proudly that I am
at Point A
a point I thought I made
but I made it a point to say
that nothing in the world
has ever made certain that
rocknroll is ever gonna get in the way
so I pick up the pace
to find a road to take
to get home before
the streetlights
go out again
the trees look lovely in the moonlight
and the shadows that they cast
are just as lovely as the feeling
of talking about the past
and knowing everything is on track
because there is a beginning
and there is an end
there is a line and
I am drawing it again
it's like I never missed it
and it never missed me
and it doesn't matter
if there ever will be
a Point B.
posted by eekbeat | 11:18 AM
3 Comments:
Is the formatting change midway thru intentional?
...Because it serves to mark that there is a real change in tone there. I think you might want to think about putting in three blank lines: before "[A] point I thought I made", before the second "[A] point I thought I made", and before "[T]he trees look lovely in the moonlight". Divide the poem up into paragraphs or stanzæ ya know.
Hey MK--yeah, I thought about the blank space, but I kind of like running things together as it is more reminiscent of my perspective.
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