Hour 24 – Take Me to Maine

I want to plant my feet into

The earth until they take root.

 

I want to stay here, in this

Place that feels like coming

Home, and never leave again.

 

I want to live inside of that

Sunrise in Seboomook, relive 

The night before where we 

Went looking for a moose and

Turned into excited children 

When we found three. I want 

That awe back, that peace and

Quiet of being in the middle of 

Nowhere with no cell reception.

 

Give me back the days in Acadia, 

The feeling of being on top of the

World, looking over the ocean

Atop Cadillac Mountain.

 

I can’t keep tearing myself to

Shreds every time I cross over

The state line away from my peace.

3 thoughts on “Hour 24 – Take Me to Maine

  1. I love the last line “The state line away from my peace.” It captures so much of the feeling of the poem is such an unusual and vibrant way. Congrats on completing the marathon!

    1. Thank you so much! This was such a challenge, I definitely jumped in headfirst with doing 24 hours my first year. I’m so glad I finished though and am happy with what came of it. Thanks for reading! 🙂

  2. I can so relate to your poem. I moved to Muskoka, cottage country north of Toronto, 11 years ago, and there is a rock cut on the highway as you travel north that marks an invisible boundary with the south. Whenever we drive through it, I find my breathing slows and I feel I’ve come home. Muskoka is like Maine without the ocean — the same granite rock, pine trees and thousands of pristine lakes. Your poem took me to your favourite places with all of my senses. And I agree with Jacob, that last line is so powerful.

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