VISITING JUPITER

Written for Spideys Weekly Poetry Contest - a try at free verse

VISITING JUPITER

Once in awhile we need a break
from the trials and tribulations.
A short getaway, real or imagined.
Tonight I am visiting Jupiter.

The name brings expectations
of a lively, vital planet where
dreams can thrive and grow
to a welcome conclusion.

Change is good, but it's better
to just take it slow and easy,
no sudden stops - just a pause
in a humdrum everyday life.

I close my eyes and am transported
to another world, another time,
no timeclocks, no deadlines...
I am free to be me.

And should I choose to stay,
leaving behind all
I've worked for all my life?
might be hard - no reason to stay...

It's just a visit - a time-out,
needed right now; and if
the world is still here
when I get back...

Perhaps people will have learned
not to fight, or hate, or try
to be other than what they are.
I've changed, maybe they will, too.

Countrymom
9/16/05