10.26.2016

things are moving too fast and sometimes feel very strange

i am stuck in that in-between time.
summer is gone but autumn isn't quite here in all glory.
the air is slightly funny, murky despite the wind.
a small, sad tree limb hangs broken and bent, swaying with green/yellow leaves.

next week is November.
rain and cold will come overnight.
things are moving too fast and sometimes feel very strange,
and I sit on the big porch of the white house
thinking; 'last year at this time...two years ago...three...(etc)
streetlights blink on as light fades.

down the street
there is a big man with a nail gun in the yellow porch light.
the next time I look up, there is also the tall boy with dark hair.
they speak and work, but the nail/word sounds are lost in the wind.

my converse shoes are silent on the concrete
a small plane engine is above.  a vehicle passes.
things are moving too fast and sometimes feel very strange.
i reach the back door
it is locked.
the people inside the white house
didn't even realize i left.



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12 comments:

  1. This hit me like a truck. I can't believe how well you can write and the ending to this poem just made my heart rip into two. The photos especially the one of the window are beautiful.

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    1. Thank you so much, Vanessa. This is something that actually happened, though I made it a bit more dramatic for sad effect.

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  2. these photos are beautiful. the speed with which things are moving lately is freaking me out a little. i keep thinking back to previous years, and it's really weird. change is weird.

    i loved this. ♥

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    1. yes. yes it is, it really really is.
      and thanks :)

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  3. brb i just need to catch my breath and then find out what to say.

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  4. ohh. this left me speechless. you weave words with such poignant simplicity, it quite takes my breath away. especially that last line; i feel i live my entire life in-betweens, and that hit me right between the eyes. x

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  5. Ohhhh but man this. I love how this is like I'm just walking with you and seeing the world so real real real through your eyes. And your photography is devastating <3

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    1. ohhhh but I am floored that you of all people are saying this. I am such a fan of you :)

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  6. I love the two similar photos with the different focus looking out of the window. Brilliant.

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