I need a better pillow.


Out of Sync

As I'm drifting through the haze-
Cigarette smoke because stupid is all the rage-
I'm played out of rhythm,
Out of sync with the days like
I owe it to the world to go along with the craze.

Amazed, no astounded, bouncing like rebounding,
Possession of the highs despite
The lows they bring about me.
I leveled with my frame of mind
Outside of the boundaries,
And now it seems I've melted down to
Shape up at the foundry.

Bedeviled out of right and wrong,
Born out of a family.
Raised as though perspective's
Both a curse AND a luxury.
"Trust in Me" churches lost in fear
As much as enmity,
I can't believe that we refuse
The inevitability.

Without a moral compass now we use
GPS for direction,
A little modern flair that burned through
Adventure's inflection.
Accurate as hell you'll get exactly where you're goin',
Staring at the screen
Praising human invention.

Passing every hurdle because the jump
Is too much effort.
Praise the Lord above for power steering,
Easing our endeavors.

It's no wonder that it's four a.m. and I'm sitting alone
Atop this hill about a quarter mile
Up the road from my home.
As this page begins to dampen,
My words all laden with "do",
The truth is I could have tapped all of this into my phone.
And the ink wouldn't have smeared,
My thoughts all saved there forever.
I could have seen what I was writing
Instead of scribble with pleasure.
In the dark under the stars
Where I'm driftin' through the haze,
Played out of rhythm.
Out of sync with the days.



Poetry by Phill
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Written on 2013-06-11 at 10:22

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countryfog
There are too many insights and images to cite just one or two as perfect . . . suffice it to say that as someone who has lived as long as I the whole poem resonates with me and describes how I've come to feel, estranged and out of place, "out of sync with the days," with much of what this world has come to.
2013-06-11



Finely crafted and melodic.
2013-06-11


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
Phil this very well written. Even your timing and rhyme is intentionally "out of sync" and that's not easy. Congratulations on a fine poem well written and with great, thoughtful content.

Joe
2013-06-11



I need a better pillow too.... I guess the body tries to sleep but the mind needs to keep churning. Them are the breaks, it seems. Best wishes & thanks for sharing.
2013-06-11