deserted island
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Most of my generation is focused on social statuses
How many friends and likes
They get on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
It's like our lives
Equate to a laptop and a cellular device
Boom! You are stuck on an island.
No, not the actual island where there is sand surrounded by water, palm trees giving shade, and little critters burrowing themselves in the sand.
I am not solitary.
I require the love of others, as do we all
to be happy.
I need occasional attention;
I need encouragement;
I need to be reassured, and hugged,
and appreciated.
I stand along this solitary sand
The sun rising at it's peak
Salty waves creeping upon the shoreline
Ninety-five days is the streak
Whimsic waters slither under my toes
The light shines upon my tan
If just for a day my life were to change
and I would be whisked away
to an island in the sun
I would not take much, practically none.
I would not take a pen
I’ve never wanted lots of stuff
or fancy diamond rings.
I always think that’s too much fluff,
too many needless things.
My Right Hand Man
Always by my side
Sometimes I think I can’t do something but then remind myself that I can
If I were to be stranded
Practically left for dead
On an island that was without
The simple luxury of baked bread
What I would bring with me
Is not a book nor journal
My person is the thing I'd need most
On a deserted island
We would lay there right by the coast
Smilin'
Day One:
Through my mind, thoughts race
Am I to survive
The deserted island I must face?
Necessities, staples, necessities, for which I strive,
Repeat in my mind while I pace
If I were on a deserted island I would bring.... It's not such an easy question because of all the paths the train of thought could take..
I’m stranded on a deserted island with nothing else to do
Except to look beyond the horizon across the ocean blue.
If only I had my camera.
If I had my camera, I would never be alone
If I became stranded on a deserted island
there's one thing I'd surely need,
that is the peace of mind that comes
from being alone and at ease.
To be ok with lonliness
not needing company,
I opened my eyes to the warm glow of the sun,
I looked around and all I could see
Was miles of glistening blue water
Miles of shimmering sand
Miles of open land.
I could not believe it
Laying alone on the gritty, ecru sand
the grains dance about your eyelashes, teasing
knowing you're envious of their dance partner.
The dunes sigh as the wind sifts through and carries
Sand surrounding me
Upon waves that seem so calm
With a sky so blue as clouds ride the wind
“Ah, is this paradise, or is this reality?”
A pinch in the arm, a confirmer, I can continue life
The stillness in the midnight air,
rushes to your skin.
Raising each and every hair,
where do I begin?
What I can’t live without
Is a hard question to answer, of this you cannot doubt.
Some would say love, or bacon-wrapped dove
Some would say their favorite book to read through and through endlessly
If I was stranded on a deserted island, what would I take with me?
I should probably choose something practical, water or fire.
Some food or maybe something to create a shelter.
On a small island alone there are many things you should take.
A water filter, flint and steel, and other basic necessities.
And sure that is all good and well but another thing that is important
