Outsiders

Neville

Outsiders

 

Nowhere, is as cold as here,

nor as vast,

yet with no place to hide,

or to shelter

from all of this preventable

fallout, indeed

we are hopeless outsiders ..

Somewhat

fragile and inextricably lost ..

 

 

 

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  • sorenbarrett

    Neville this metaphoric poem resonates out of my past into my present. Remembering walking the vast open expanses at times lost and now with age those expanse become something else but the same. Great write

    • Neville



      Cool ........... many huge thanks sorenbarrett so very muchly appreciated .. Neville

    • Doggerel Dave

      Yes - both metaphor and reality inextricably locked together Neville.
      To call it chilling is almost too corny and obvious... but it is.
      Short, I like here, Cold and hard.

      • Neville


        Thank you my friend .. much appreciated .. Neville

      • orchidee

        Good write N.

        • Neville


          Ta O .. N

        • Bobby O

          When I read it a second time , I imagined that NOWHERE was a place close enough to travel to but was too far to travel back

          • Neville



            write answer .. cheers B .. N

          • MendedFences27

            Eastern promises are mostly hot air, but (I believe the number is 15) blasts worldwide and we no longer have a planet that can sustain life. So, whoever is guarding the big red button should shoot anyone who tries to push it. - Phil A.

            • Neville


              Ah' you got it .. I'm gonna start sleeping under the mattress from now on .. N

            • Accidental Poet

              but...we are all here together. 😉

              • Neville



                True enough .. how comforting is that eh' 🙂

                • Accidental Poet

                  Very comforting Sir N. 😉👍

                • Cassie58

                  A poem which I have now read several times. Included in The Making of a Broken Man which is an another cracking anthology from you Neville. Read from back to front, front to back and at random:) The final three lines particularly meaningful and I am sure relatable to many at times of their lives.

                  • Neville



                    I doubt I shall get another review for a very long time that means more to me than the one you just left here for me C .. thanks a million 💜x

                    • Cassie58

                      💜x ….

                    • Thomas W Case

                      Yes, we are. Fantastic work, sir.

                      • Neville


                        Thanks TWC ..

                      • Dan Williams

                        amen. lost in so many different ways. Bombs, plague, pollution of air and water, etc. etc.

                        • Neville


                          Absolutely spot on Dan

                        • Goldfinch60

                          So true Neville, we just cannot do anything about the way the world is being led as nobody listens to us.

                          Andy

                          • Neville



                            Nope and it should worry everyone .. I reckon we should form a gang .. or start building shelters ..



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