FREE VERSE POETRY
AT THE LIBRARY
FREE VERSE POETRY
BETWEEN THE LINES
FREE VERSE POETRY
AT REAL POETIK
FREE VERSE POETRY
AT THE LIBRARY
FREE VERSE POETRY
BETWEEN THE LINES
FREE VERSE POETRY
AT REAL POETIK
(Do I really need a crash helmet ... let it go,
this is the real thing!)
... Drifted into the mist feeling the cooling damp dress my eyebrows,
blessing my forehead.
I looked into the grey and dreampt of Barbury corsairs,
mystery stories and ghostly secrets.
... Ascending graceful, gently, peacefully,
the fog billowing brighter - even warmer.
Is this adrenaline - or just a nervous twitch?
(A gull shoots past me - down!)
Certain sensations begin creating certain thoughts,
belts of broken dreams sting the insides of my eyes - I turn my head.
A fell shout from below breaking its way through,
trying to relieve an idea - of panic,
locked securely within this sacred lair - unsuccessfully.
I move on - up.
CRASH ... and break through clouds,
straight up - brilliant sunshine,
streaming vapour trail behind,
star shooting pick-up,
smoking smiles trailing - behind.
Looking upward, surging, thrusting forward - upward.
speed, streaming speed
blue sky
blue space
black space
racing stars.
(It IS adrenaline - feel nervous ... excited!)
I don't stop
I can't stop
picking up momentum
its getting noisy - too fast
finding it difficult
to dodge these planets
veering
to the
right.
Hey, who's this beside me?
I'm a squadron
cry power machines
power - hissing
... no. not engines or craft
we're living
energy
power ... pack
sweat ... fuel
gas ... light
speed ... and more speed!
(Where's the stupid brake on this thing?!)
Bank
diving ... approach
DOWN
suicidal advance
switch ... swerve
oncoming meteors - useless
faster ... FASTER?
darker (GREAT!)
speeding ... louder
closer ... dripping
collision (Who wants to miss this!)
course
hotter ... faster
redder ... faster
closer ... faster
louder ... SKRIEGH!!
shaking
braking
cracking
streaming (air)
screaming (earth)
closer (water)
closing (FIRE)
mountain
hill
tree
flower
...
I've never felt an explosion before,
the reddiness of it all,
such mystic vastness,
grazing, cutting in all directions,
thousands of eyes,
blissfully beautiful rainbow colours,
orange flame, blue smoke, grey ash ...
and tremendously loud
one note - continuous
so deep
so wise
so great
so
power
full
(water trickled out of the stone as though it were blood)