Once A Road Poem by Smoky Hoss

Once A Road



I am a road
Long ago well tread,
Those who upon me have ever travelled
Are now amongst the dead -

None anymore trod my path
Nor this way pass,
I alone every day
Continue wandering upon my way -

Once I was a road
Moving big and heavy loads,
Now merely a trail
No one recalls my tale -

But I know somewhere way out there
Miles away where few can see,
Over the hill, beyond the bend
Is a fellow drifter... looking for me -

Once A Road
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Old roads need friends too...
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
G Sweeney 01 October 2011

love your poems Smoky! ! ! Gayle

0 0 Reply
Jim Troy 08 September 2011

A good poem that has all the power to present the feelings of traveling this road. Therefore, you are joined along the journey and not alone... Good poetry is what I think. Jim Troy

0 0 Reply
Melancholy Man 02 September 2011

I love this poem. The sadness of past losses tinged with just the right amount of resillient hopefullness for the future. Well written

0 0 Reply
Eric Cockrell 25 August 2011

the search of the searchers... listening for the sound of the bell when no one knows there is a bell... you are not alone!

0 0 Reply
Patti Masterman 25 August 2011

Yep and just found you (again!) too. The road doesn't have to be lonely (long maybe; but never lonely)

0 0 Reply
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Close
Error Success