Anywhere but in Between

It's been a while since I've posted here, so I thought I'd get back to it.  I participated in National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) again this year.  Though I didn't write every day that month, I did write a lot. I'm trying to re-commit to regular writing practice, whether poetry or journaling. It really helps me organize my thoughts and sort through what I'm feeling. So here's to continuing to practice that which is good for us.  Here is one of my favorite poems from my NaPoWriMo experience, about the most important album in my life:

25 years later

These lyrics are still

Heart tears deepest joy

Healing what my mouth

Cannot find right words for

Always searching

I was still in high school then

My final year

[I need a raincoat]

If I had known what was coming 

Maybe I could have...

Little protection from

The storm to come

[She must be tired of something]

How did they know

Arranging truth 

To fledgling power

I listened late

Portable CD player

Humming beside pillow

Carried delicately across

College campuses

One of clipped wings

Then thrust into freedom

[And I'm not ready for this sort of thing]

Life has a hunger that doesn't wait

Ready or not, here I come

Falling and flying and flailing 

Learning in sun soaked salty air

I still remember my toes in sand

When I need some earthly connection

21st century, L.A. became home

It was [August & Everything After] that year 

Album title matching song 

Released two and a half decades later

Knowing now to the core

[I belong anywhere but in between]

What I only guessed before

He's a big part of that

Adam & company, sure, but

I mean my partner in

Heart tears deepest joy

He loves this album, too

We planned a trip to a concert

That didn't happen

[It's the heart that matters more]

He recently made a playlist

Studio and live versions blended 

Still laughing these years later

How we found a dive bar

Beer and fried ravioli 

Because Adam was sick

[Mr. Jones and me / look into the future]

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