Hammock

Hammock

Suspended between

two trees. Alone.

Dappled shade

makes shifting shapes.

Long and lazy afternoons

speant watching clouds.

Will anybody ever

look for me?

Have I been left

here on my own?

Are you being

kept away from me?

Each day longingly

staring out your window.

Real life keeps

you locked inside.

I wish I had gotten a picture of the hammock that was hung up outside my window when I wrote this poem. As it is, it was gone the next day, before I could do so. This photo was the closest I could find to what the one hung up in my back yard looked like, isolated and alone, surrounded by trees.

Inspirational Works:

David Bowie, Space Oddity

• Weirdly enough, this song goes best with this poem, rather than in the WATER ON MARS? exhibit. The reason being that I think the song is all about isolation and helplessness. In a very small way, I think that this poem captures some of that, feeling trapped unable to be where you want to be.

We were all there as kids. I just didn't realize that we were still going to be here as adults.