{"id":75563,"date":"2020-06-28T07:26:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T11:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=75563"},"modified":"2020-06-28T07:29:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T11:29:14","slug":"chasing-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/chasing-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing The Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chasing The Sky<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chasing clouds with bottled rain<\/p>\n

With hope still rising, it left a stain<\/p>\n

From bleeding colors of a bow<\/p>\n

With a promise of riches down below.<\/p>\n

The brush of clouds, fingerprints in sky<\/p>\n

Distinguished the patterns of another goodbye<\/p>\n

As wind shuffles the leaves from the lumbering trees<\/p>\n

Upon the ground sprawled on hands and knees<\/p>\n

Scuffling through the rain-dotted earth<\/p>\n

Seeking out some semblance of worth<\/p>\n

Search above and only find<\/p>\n

Chalk lines of clouds intertwined<\/p>\n

Woven together, darkness and light<\/p>\n

With grey hairs forming the current plight<\/p>\n

As lines are drawn in weathered expressions<\/p>\n

Life hadn’t given that many concessions<\/p>\n

For when one wastes time in the vault of heaven<\/p>\n

Time is a bitch and gives no concession<\/p>\n

So chase your rainbows through garden hoses<\/p>\n

And ruminate over what the prism imposes<\/p>\n

For when you spend time gathering your rain<\/p>\n

Falling from eyes red, swollen, and drained<\/p>\n

Blurred by fog as thick as skin<\/p>\n

Never realized that feelings begin<\/p>\n

In dreams, a dare for imagination<\/p>\n

Love given freely, my heart’s destination.<\/p>\n

As the sun dives down behind the firmament<\/p>\n

The seasons change, nothing is permanent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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