Outward Bound

by Larry Chamberlin   Apr 14, 2014


She took no chance with the security line
clutching her ticket between her teeth
she dumped everything she carried
onto the belt feeding the x-ray machine.

As she raised her hands over her head
the detector scanned her - she worried:
could it sense a quickened heartbeat?
Please, just let her get to the gate.

Suddenly she was through it all
slipping on her shoes and her belt
picking up her bag and racing away
only to find the plane had left her behind.

Soul heavy she turned to find an agent
maybe another flight, another time;
then she saw him, bag over his shoulder -
"I wouldn't leave without you."

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  • 10 years ago

    by DarkLight

    You amaze me with your poems. this is great

  • 10 years ago

    by Everlasting

    Haha, I'm glad to inform the poem has safely landed to its destination.

  • 10 years ago

    by Everlasting

    Too bad, "outward Bound"
    this vote button was supposed to be a plane
    that'll safely flight you to a foreign land
    called "the nomination list,"
    but seems "The Friendship Category" is not the best
    airline to fly, it has been affected by a glitch,
    It flights every nominated poem
    to the Bermuda triangle
    where they get lost somewhere in the limbo.

    Yup, it makes poets believe the poems
    have safely boarded the plane, but when
    they search for them in "the nomination list"
    those poems are no where to be find.

    Though, I heard "The Miscellaneous" airline
    gives excellent services as well as a free ticket
    to anyone who boarded "the friendship category"
    as a reward...

    Care to give it a try? it's free of charge

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