On Dust and Kryptonite - 3WW

April 30, 2008 | Filed Under 3WW, NaPoWriMo, Poetry 

Three Word Wednesday. Wonderful words, Bone. Thank you.

Empty - Highway - Ignored

Dust Storm

Empty highway, ignored
until man exercises muscle

Deep throated cars
declare it theirs

Air sliced by objects propels itself,
earth stands helpless in its path

Cracked layers disturbed
dust rises and falls.

Plants must wait for wind or rain
to cleanse their lifeline to the sun

Man communing merely shakes it off,
thinking himself the lucky one

And forgets his lifeline to oxygen
has been caked with dust as well.

MeeAugraphie
04/30/08

I intended to stop after the first stanza, but I wrote the rest… I intended to stop after the first poem, but I wrote another… My fingers readied to accept another, but I declared a full stop, until tomorrow. I can stop. I can. I can. I think I can.

Once again: Empty - Highway - Ignored

Search For Kryptonite

Ignored by all
he closed
his door of dreams

The one he once thought
made of gold

Lead, it was,
and solid, through which
no glimmer could be seen

His nights had filled
with searches

Just one flaw
he sought, a pinhole
to allow dream’s entrance

And finding none, he stepped
onto an empty highway

And life stretched ahead,
for it was not his end
but his beginning

He searched life’s darkened skies
for Kryptonite’s luminescent glow
and scoured the seas below

He walked past fields of gold
and guns of lead and cold

And stumbled on
dream’s counterpart
and wrote his life his way

Empty memories erased and rewritten
Graphite and gum erasers became his friend

MeeAugraphie
04/30/08

Thank you for reading.

Comments

13 Responses to “On Dust and Kryptonite - 3WW”

  1. AnthonyNorth on April 30th, 2008 11:10 am

    An important message in that first one. The second suggests we’re not Super at all.
    Nicely done!

    AnthonyNorth’s last blog post..BAR AT THE END OF THE ROAD

  2. Myrtle Beached Whale on April 30th, 2008 11:38 am

    I enjoyed them both. Loved “deep throated cars”

    Myrtle Beached Whale’s last blog post..Three Word Wednesday - Empty, Highway, Ignored - 4/30/08

  3. gautami tripathy on April 30th, 2008 12:17 pm

    I loved both. Very thoughtful verses!

    Good to be back!

    gautami tripathy’s last blog post..Happy to be back—3WW

  4. texasblu on April 30th, 2008 2:02 pm

    Makes me wonder what #3 had to say…

    My fave was #2 btw, :)
    texasblu’s last blog post..3WW - Empty, highway, ignored

  5. Ofira on April 30th, 2008 3:16 pm

    Great messages in both poems.

    Ofira’s last blog post..Abandoned

  6. paisley on April 30th, 2008 3:46 pm

    holy cow i had no idea superman was a writer!!!!!!!

    you just write all you want girl… your like me if i write it now,, i have to publish it now… no saved finished drafts for me!!!!!

    paisley’s last blog post..predestinations paradox

  7. christine on April 30th, 2008 4:21 pm

    The comparison of humans in their cars with the plants stays with me. A good lesson in this poem.

    christine’s last blog post..nighttime enigmas, NaPoWriMo 30

  8. Tumblewords on April 30th, 2008 4:43 pm

    Hey, these are great! What was number three?

  9. Linda Jacobs on April 30th, 2008 5:02 pm

    You have some beautiful lines in these two poems! I like your precise style!

    Linda Jacobs’s last blog post..Day 30 of NaPoWriMo and 3WW

  10. TC on April 30th, 2008 7:38 pm

    I’m glad you wrote the second one: it’s my favorite :)
    TC’s last blog post..3WW - Through the cracks

  11. Medhini on May 2nd, 2008 1:39 pm

    Liked both of them alike. These were my favorite lines. It’s very symbolic and effective.

    ‘Empty memories erased and rewritten
    Graphite and gum erasers became his friend’

    Medhini’s last blog post..Déjà vu

  12. OneMoreBeliever on May 2nd, 2008 5:48 pm

    glad you kept writing.. was caught in the dust storm… krypto dreams… deep throated cars declare it theirs… Empty memories erased and rewritten Graphite and gum erasers became his friend.. words on fire…

    OneMoreBeliever’s last blog post..unawares

  13. Bone on May 5th, 2008 5:04 pm

    Yes, the first obviously has a most important yet still too often ignored message.

    The second was… the words were magical. True poetry.

    Bone’s last blog post..The Highway

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