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Hot Air Balloon
By Stormcat
I’d like to
get myself a hot air balloon . . .
A big pretty
one of at least twenty colors
-pieced
together like a patchwork quilt-
with a giant
wicker basket to ride in
Then I’d go
up and never come back
I’d go to
the world of stars and snowflakes
looking for
a certain one that lives there
and when I've found her I’d never leave
because it
would be good and peaceful
I’d stay and
love her forever . . . Just her!
And when the
world below us dies
from greed,
pollution, and malcontent
we’ll look
into each other’s eyes, for a time,
and morn from the senselessness of it all.
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and perhaps this is a bit like how our gods feel...above it...and mourning our stupidity...if only we could rise above...on a balloon or otherwise...ha
ReplyDeleteSounds wonderful, Stormcat. I think we all yearn for such a place of peace where we could get beyond all of the problems of the world; and to be with one who truly loves is like icing on the cake!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy to see you back here today and with a poem that lifts me up in this dream. The image is neat, and the poem even better. I resonate with the words of your poem and the stanza structure that lifts gradually. Love what Brian said above.
ReplyDeleteNice ride and escape plan ;-)
ReplyDeleteZQ
We all want to go in to that dream world and to find true love...that too in a hot air balloon:))
ReplyDeleteWe all want to go in to that dream world and to find true love...that too in a hot air balloon:))
ReplyDeleteYou have expressed a universal longing in a very personal way. I loved the serenity of your words.
ReplyDeleteA very tender and sweet poem. I hope you find that girl in the stars and snowflakes. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Snowflake's girl and balloon! Am happy to see you, Stormcat, and LOVE your poem that lifts me up and away, too, to where the view is kinder..........wonderful to read on this Sunday morning.
ReplyDeleteA lovely fantasy which it was very easy to enter into!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of that song "Up, Up, and Away". It has that same sort of feel about it. Yes, I think all of us have that same wish or dream at some point in time,
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
How sweet! I do wish the same ...smiles.
ReplyDeleteOh, I wouldn't mind taking that ride too, Stormcat!! Beautiful....
ReplyDeleteThere is greed everywhere. Hope all wars, greed, violence and suffering coem to an end in our society. Amen...
I can't wait for the day I take a ride in a hot air balloon. Your poem made me smile
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, my friend.
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