Blistering between the false hope of liberty
and the dream of a destiny
beyond the stars and the cosmic intricacies
of filtered rituals of nonsense, I stayed stymied
on the crutches of traditional customs
and conventions of writing.
Even the telescopic vision of a faraway
fantasy did not change rapidly
until the burning smell of a laissez-faire life
drove me into the strange new highways
of poetry.
Before too long I re-directed my attention
to writing, reading and contemplation
all of which came together
in an implosion of thought.
I wrote my first poem at the tender
age of twelve
and never stopped racing down the
roadways of writing
tyres burning
and speedometer ticking
Who can stop a getaway wordsmith
from breaking vocab records
for daring the unimaginable fantasy?
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© Marshall Gass. All rights reserved, 8 hours ago
Jun 12, 2014
Jun 12, 2014 at 6:09 PM UTC
Blistering between the false hope of liberty
and the dream of a destiny
beyond the stars and the cosmic intricacies
of filtered rituals of nonsense, I stayed stymied
on the crutches of traditional customs
and conventions of writing.
Even the telescopic vision of a faraway
fantasy did not change rapidly
until the burning smell of a laissez-faire life
drove me into the strange new highways
of poetry.
Before too long I re-directed my attention
to writing, reading and contemplation
all of which came together
in an implosion of thought.
I wrote my first poem at the tender
age of twelve
and never stopped racing down the
roadways of writing
tyres burning
and speedometer ticking
Who can stop a getaway wordsmith
from breaking vocab records
for daring the unimaginable fantasy?
Author Notes
Optional
© Marshall Gass. All rights reserved, 8 hours ago
