Movin'On

Today’s post begins with a fractal called Moving On. Today’s poem is entitled Movin’ On which I wrote way back in 1975 as a college class assignment. I used to write a lot of stuff like this back in the day so I thought I’d share some of that work.

Autumn leaves
Blowing down cold, dawn-lit streets
Rustling like an old woman’s skirts.
Carrying away my shattered hopes
Going nowhere, as I am
Movin’ on.
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School children
Playing on fresh-cut morning lawns
Singing like sun-crazed birds,
Preying on my innocent dreams.
Never caring, as I once was
Movin’ on.
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City traffic
Crawling among day-dark downtown canyons
Growling like an angry beast,
Rolling over my unwanted hate.
Going nowhere, as I am
Movin’ on.
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Wilderness flowers
Weaving through their daily, dreamlike ballet
Waltzing in breeze-driven arabesques
Mocking my wasted life.
Never caring, as I once was
Movin’ on.
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Cumulus clouds
Coursing over the sunset diorama
Fleeing like a frightened street mob
Magnifying my unlimited fears.
Going nowhere, as I am
Movin’ on.
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Glittering stars
Spinning on their night-dark carousel
Droning like rainbow-hued bes
Releasing my final thoughts
Never caring, as I once was
Movin’ on.