"Stuck In Traffic"

29 Comments

Tags:
  • Drive
    • MalikPeterson
    • I'VE WRITTEN A NEW BOOK! GO HERE: WWW.HOWCANIHELPMETODAY.COM REQUEST YOUR FREE COPY VIA THE "REVIEWS" TAB...BUT HURRY...SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED!!!

    Poem Commentary

    On the road of life...there are twists...turns...and traffic jams. Enjoy if you will! :)

    "Stuck In Traffic"

    Stuck In Traffic 

    Maybe I'm gone...
    Maybe I'm buried...
    Maybe my philosophies have been married...

    to this life...

    or maybe they've been carried...

    on to the next one.

    Maybe I'm preparing...
    Maybe I'm staring...
    aimlessly into the air and...
    wondering if I'll get there and...

    bask in the paradise everyone quests to share in...

    or maybe I'll hit rock bottom...
    and stay till the bottom falls out...
    then be bitten in half by hell's mouth.

    Maybe I'm burning...
    Maybe I'm churning...

    but all the screaming in the world won't get the hell out...
    I guess this is what happened when my light fell south.

    I'm back on the surface...
    maybe only scratching...
    my head at the possibilities...
    and what could happen.

    Maybe my antics...
    Maybe my actions...
    are like pictures unrelated to captions...

    No explanations.

    Maybe I'm stirred...
    Maybe I'm shaken...
    Maybe the room behind my eyes is vacant
    Maybe I'm doomed...never to make it...

    or maybe my soul...just can't take it.

    Maybe I'm not real...
    Maybe I'm just plastic...

    or porcelain...colored-glass eyes...and elastic.

    Maybe I'll put it in drive...
    Maybe I'll crash it.

    I'm sure this road to the other side's fantastic...

    but before I can cruise...and take control of that last trip...
    .
    .
    .
    .
    I must realize that...


    for now...

    I'm stuck...

    in...


    traffic.



    © 2010 Malik Peterson. All Rights Reserved 

     

    Poem Comments

    (29)

    Please login or register

    You must be logged in or register a new account in order to
    leave comments/feedback and rate this poem.

    Login or Register

    earthly commented on "Stuck In Traffic"

    06-17-2010

    Hit the nail right on the head-damn, hit my finger-lol-I live in the country where I never really get "stuck in traffic" (unless a road crew is filling in potholes)-lol-but, I get it and I often feel stuck-blind-sided-directionless-Wow-what a write!!Namaste...Earthly
    Reply to Comment

    MalikPeterson

    06/22/2010

    Thank you much earthly...I am glad that metaphor wasn't a pot hole in your road of life lol. I appreciate you stopping by.

    Madelynn commented on "Stuck In Traffic"

    05-20-2010

    Metephore, metephore, where art thou metephore??- Why, 'tis here, inked by Sir, master poet, Malik- whose name shall be sung on the tongues of all who come to fall upon the word-lions feet! LOL!! jest play'n..what's not to totally dig 'bout this! We all feel treapped sometimes, we feel slow-motion, mundane, weighted- all of us..at times! You delivered this earthly suffocation with the traffic concept smoothly! awsomely Malik, of course!- ;)sunshinesAwink'n, Maddi
    Reply to Comment

    MalikPeterson

    06/17/2010

    lol thanks maddi...to the meat of the subject you went...and the juicy morsels you did find right in the center lol. Thank you ever so kindly for the page gracing :)

    SILKYTWEED commented on "Stuck In Traffic"

    05-19-2010

    OUTSTANDING WRITE and Profoundly wise arrival of sentiment...hadn't drop by in a minute, but you still blazing a pied path my fellow piper...well done....thanks for sharing!
    Reply to Comment

    MalikPeterson

    06/17/2010

    Thank you much silk. I am sorry I haven't gotten over to your spot...I will try to check it out in a few days for the show...but might start posting in there today.

    knight4696 commented on "Stuck In Traffic"

    05-03-2010

    Malik - Pal this is Awesome!!!! :) You certainly can convey can't ya? lol! I don't know where you come up with stuff like this - but I'm happy you do! Awesome Job! :) Ken
    Reply to Comment

    soulwriter commented on "Stuck In Traffic"

    04-30-2010

    This piece had my mind racing and as I was trying to wrap my thoughts around it, to take a mental picture and make sense of all that was happening - suddenly my synapses fired bright and the complexity of my interpretations took hold of your explanations of happenings. By the end, I saw a new beginning and was smiling with the revelation of your creativity!
    Reply to Comment

    MalikPeterson

    05/01/2010

    Thank you so much soul...I am glad you liked it and I appreciate you stopping by and giving me a read as always. Cheers!

    Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

    Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

    MalikPeterson’s Poems (52)

    Title Comments Submitted
    Title Comments Submitted
    "We: The World Famous Shameless Disappearance
    "(song)    		 38 07/07/2010
    "The Gaudy Guise Of External Fortitude" 20 06/21/2010
    "Memorandum To The Masked Masses" 14 06/17/2010
    "The Melancholy Of The Heartless Ones" 19 05/23/2010
    "The Misconceived Symphony Of Synergy" 38 05/13/2010
    "The Complex Theory Of Beauty" 29 05/01/2010
    "Stuck In Traffic" 29 04/20/2010
    "Kiss The Demons And Make Them Cry" 37 04/12/2010
    "The Making Of A Classic" 16 04/05/2010
    "Only The Righteous Know" 46 03/22/2010
    "It Was All A Dream"(dream series) 13 03/20/2010
    "For The Love Of...?"(5 poem series) 23 03/14/2010
    "Media Collateral Ligaments" 40 03/14/2010
    "Note To Self" 19 03/07/2010
    "Survivor Series" 9 03/05/2010
    "Play It By Ear" 12 03/05/2010
    "On Pleasure I Land" 25 02/28/2010
    "Siamese Nightja-wu" 3 02/27/2010
    "Love Story v1: Jade and I" 22 02/24/2010
    "Would You Still Love Me?" 32 02/21/2010
    "Yesterday's Future Present" 18 02/17/2010
    "She's Deeply In Love" 26 02/13/2010
    "Voices" 10 02/11/2010
    "The Somnambulists
    "    		 9 02/01/2010
    "The Passer By" 11 01/06/2010
    "A Heartfelt Debate" 8 01/06/2010
    "A Stark Life" 11 12/21/2009
    "The Sex Issue" 6 12/15/2009
    "Torn" 31 12/06/2009
    "Speaking of Deja Vu..." 4 12/06/2009
    "The Paradise Club" 5 12/06/2009
    "7 Days of Bloodshed" 13 12/02/2009
    "Reality" 6 12/02/2009
    "First Class Flyer" 4 12/02/2009
    "I Never Wrote A Love Poem..." 14 11/30/2009
    "Seasons' Dance" 5 11/30/2009
    "An UpWrite Soul" 4 11/30/2009
    "Lucid Alpha" 15 11/24/2009
    "The Voyager's Art" 5 11/23/2009
    "Promiscuous" 9 11/23/2009
    "Land of Make Believe" 5 11/23/2009
    "Normality" 9 11/17/2009
    "Once Upon a Yesterday" 11 11/17/2009
    "Victim" 18 11/14/2009
    "Just Invisible" 7 11/11/2009
    "Esteemed Colleague" 9 11/11/2009
    "Fly-By-Night Lights" 6 11/02/2009
    "Just Your Average Dreamer"(entr
    y#3 dream series)    		 5 10/24/2009
    "The Essence of a Dream" 7 10/24/2009
    "Dreams" 13 10/24/2009
    "War" 9 10/20/2009
    "I Want to be a Martian" 19 10/19/2009
    Top of Page