Homesick Remixed
Missed Connections in Raleigh / Durham / CH
Homesick Remixed
I am the someone,
Who needs somewhere,
To long for.
So many bridges,
Have turned,
To infernos.
Bright and blazing,
The landmarks,
Of my selfishness.
My heart,
Careening precariously,
On the well beaten path.
For the moment,
I listen,
And hear the music.
Getting lost,
Remixing it,
To make it what my moment,
Needs.
———-
I’m always the needed one.
My pillars of strength,
Are cracked and in disrepair.
For the moment,
I just need to need.
And hopefully,
Someone else,
Needs to be needed.
NOTE FROM THE MISSED CONNECTIONS CHIEF BOTTLE FINDER:
What I found interesting about this poem was the difference between the the words above and below the dotted line. The first part sets the tone for a person “Careening precariously, On the well beaten path.” perhaps living only for their own interests. The second part conveys a different person – one who perhaps lives too much for others. Different facets of the same person perhaps? The true self and the shadow self?
