Growing Up Wild
racing the moment
skimming cream off every
guiltless goblet of gusto
pumped up saccharine saturation
crashing, crumpling, contorting
dirt-bike catastrophe
bones crossed years tossed
old paint chipping off the walls
fractured fragments of
spark-thirsty tinder
stepping
silently backwards
marble eyes longing
rummaging through old luggage
looking back,
feeling black crawling
up your spine
feathered ice
shy as a midnight cactus bloom
© ~ Randy Bell ~ 2013
Tonight stuartmcphersonpoet who’s tending bar @ dVerse Poet’s Pub
has asked us to write a poem about ‘Growing Up’
Jan 12, 2013 @ 17:27:39
I like the imagery you used here. Very abstract. Beautiful poem.
Jan 12, 2013 @ 18:22:41
Very poetic, I like feathered ice, shy as a midnight cactus bloom ~
http://everydayamazin.blogspot.ca/2013/01/still-restless.html
Jan 12, 2013 @ 18:31:19
to me this is a poem of two halves. The first half is an energetic and vivid description of childhood, the second half is as an adult, knowing the creep of old age and understanding ones own mortality…its in the contrast that we get the notion of ‘growing up’.Apologies if i’m a million miles away!…some fantastic descriptions and word usage in this as well
Jan 12, 2013 @ 20:21:46
You got it right Stu, I went from child’s perspective to memory from an adult perspective!
Jan 12, 2013 @ 22:03:00
enjoy the vibrancy in your writing, “marbled eyes longing” ….lovely string ~ Rose
Jan 13, 2013 @ 12:09:21
pumped up saccharine saturation – sounds ADHD (i speak from experience) it makes you wild!!
Jan 13, 2013 @ 13:58:24
..more wild than my growing up…your writing is so alive and imaginative;)
Jan 13, 2013 @ 21:48:03
chilling feathering of ice into the spine. i could smell the dusty leather of the old luggage and its treasure.
Jan 13, 2013 @ 21:58:44
here is a post about old luggage
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/abandoned-suitcases-reveal-private-lives-of-insane-asylum-patients/
Jan 14, 2013 @ 10:42:13
When I saw the vocabulary I knew I had to read this out loud. I was not disappointed.
Jan 18, 2013 @ 20:15:20
Love your closing especially!! Excellent poem, Randy!
Jan 18, 2013 @ 20:17:07
Thanks Hannah!
Jan 18, 2013 @ 20:19:00
Sure thing!! Nice to scroll about your blog…thank you for visiting me as well!