literature

walking in Quebec

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I want to walk the streets of your mind
like Quebec, somewhere I have never been
but heard of. There, I may find
rolling rubbish bins and tired passers-by
or rubbed-clean windows and open gates.

I do not know if your streets are safe
to stroll at night while wearing a skirt,
or if I will find a place, a bench,
to sit and soothe my grumbling feet.

But I want to walk and see the sights
and hear the sounds and breathe the air
of your city, the map of your mind,
like Quebec: a place I’ve never been.
Quebec.

Seventeenth in the Phonetic Alphabet set. Challenge by ~zebrazebrazebra, link to challenge here: [link]

I have to admit that I don't have the first clue about what Quebec is like. Hence the 'somewhere I have never been.'

I'm not very happy with this - feels kind of tired and not-quite-there. Critique is, as always, very much appreciated.
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crimsondeathxX's avatar
Im from quebec, montreal more precisly.... your poem is stunning!! matching some place you<ve never been to with somebody<s mind is awsome :)