NOT QUITE PILGRIMS II

poetry

Apr 18

Written By BA

not quite pilgrims ii

By Charlotte Amelia Poe

and i say,

"no, i think it's beautiful, i think it's so beautiful,"

and i know he doesn't understand, that tangles can tangle together into something that is

valued,

nothing profound i suppose, except maybe-

as we leave the country roads, the world gets brighter,

here, there are orbs of gold that light the way,

here, there is the potential, the possibility, more than you can be when all you can see is dirt.

springsteen, in new jersey, in 1980

us, now, fleeting, brief, lit up then gone

and not pilgrims, no, not quite

but definitely stumbling towards the light,

salvation as far away from home as we can reach.

NOTES TO NATURE