#goldengate
take me to the red bridge
i want to see the ocean
down
falling in slow motion
grey emotions flooding
splash
my bones are broken
i suddenly feel frozen
****
i cant breathe
let me seep into the blues
drown
now i have to choose
which place am i going to
Apr 16, 2019
Apr 16, 2019 at 7:37 PM UTC
I'm off to the Bay area tomorrow
Throw me toward the setting sun--
to the West, when my work is done.
Land me at the golden door
of California’s northern shore.
Fiery orange steel-gird gate
tempts those weary of their fate.
Defy the plunge that ends it all,
and heed the sunshine’s cheery call.
Traverse the gate, into the wild,
where restless souls may rest awhile,
beyond the towns, toward the coast,
where whales return and hawks will roost.
The golden hills of Sonoma
will calm the pains of any trauma.
The wines and vines of the Napa valley
will help to pass the time happily.
And as you cross the Golden Gate
the Pacific blue will calmly wait.
Glance to the east and you will see
the placid Bay by the white city.
The sky is bigger here; it spans
the hills, the bridge, the bay and ocean.
Its azure grandeur soon dispels
any suicidal notion.
Dec 20, 2016
Dec 20, 2016 at 9:12 AM UTC
Golden Gate Bridge,
pathway between two worlds
the bay's own graveyard.
A young man named Kevin
on the rail, talking to officers.
Shifting
from side
to side
a leg in both worlds.
He had lost all hope
odds were stacked against
life had doled out too many lemons
and he leapt.
Ending his own pain
and sparking everyone else's.
Sep 11, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 at 5:08 PM UTC