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if a soul could soar

March 21, 2023
By Anonymous

tired old cars traverse the roads they’ve worn down,

cheeks lift briefly to life-long friends.

flying fossils flit over this old town,

ever-present water flows through stagnant river bends.


i would drive away.

away, away, to anywhere. or fly 

to ranges of mountains or roaring seas,

to cities of anger or enveloping peace.


i would drive to coastal sunrise laps

and bridges of which i’ve dreamed,

fly to places hidden from all the maps

where rays of sun have beamed.


but i drive through suburbia,

and fly inside instead.

© Anonymous

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This poem tells the story of a person who wishes to leave the place they've always been, but cannot.

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