~Poem~ Between Here and There

Restlessness

consumes

a gypsy soul.

One week since being fired;

thought it was the dream job

in the dream small town.

Lately I haven’t been sure

just what the dream is.

Summer of transience;

thinking it’s just what I need.

Set this vagabond heart free

out in the unknown.

Tried settling for a season

but the spirit flees.

There’s a list

hidden in pages

of a book I wrote;

every little thing

I want to do

between here and there.

Free-spirited just like when

at her wedding

I kicked off my high heels

danced barefooted with him…

Summer came and went;

nothing in a fairy tale lasts.

Never really gave up on

finding  something out there

but the more I am in the world

the more I think

maybe it’s not about

how far you can go.

Maybe it’s roots.

Maybe it’s where

everything you have known

still lingers.

Maybe it’s home

that settles a soul after all.

Desert flowers
Lavinia Thompson
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Between Here and There will be featured in my upcoming poetry book, Memoirs of a Small Town Girl, to be released in summer 2012.

Memoirs of a Small Town Girl cover
Lavinia Thompson
to be released summer 2012