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small town endless

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Literature Text

When I first arrived
In town I thought
It's very small
Compared to where
I came from. Friends
Would meet randomly
On the streets.

It is dusk and
The horizon expands
Infinitely and
The town with its
Narrow pathways,
Cobblestoned,
Turns into a maze.

Now that I have
Met you that night
And still not run
into you again,
The town becomes
Too big it seems
Endless, empty.
After that night
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secretly-broken's avatar
I like the simplicity of this poem, it works in presenting an image of the town and capturing the emotions.
I find some of the enjambment a bit jarring. I'm not sure exactly what you were going for with those. Some of it works quite well, but I feel some of it stops the flow of the poem.
Also, some of the punctuation doesn't quite work with me. This is particularly in the last few lines:
"The town becomes
Too big it seems
Endless, empty."


Should there not be some sort of punctuation separating "too big" from "it seems" as they are separate clauses?

I did, however. enjoy the poem for its sheer simplicity. :)