I roll around the world,
the lonely round world,
and I sing in a different key.
I jolt awake and see that
I’ve been skating all night,
trying to reach your door.
My bicycle rides without me
sometimes. You’ll find it
under your window
one morning, when I am
least myself, and most,
when I am not driving,
but walking, not singing,
only talking—
talking to myself
about you, or how
everyone says
I’m doing all right,
for a girl.
If it’s Tuesday p.m., check out Open Link Night at dVerse Poets. Also, I’ve started a month-long series in which I’ll write a poem based on a different song each day. (Here’s the one that inspired today’s poem.) If you have a request (any style, any song, any artist), please let me know in the comments. Thanks!
Marilyn Rauch Cavicchia 
Wonderful. I’m old enough to remember, as they say. You’re doing alright, indeed!
Thanks, Ray! I always thought this was a light, happy song, but she actually sounds so lonely. These suggestions are helping me hear familiar songs differently.
Nice work! I like the idea of writing a poem based on a song daily, it’s a great creative exercise 🙂
Thanks, Talicha! So far, the suggestions have been mostly from the classic rock era, but the next two are from the ’80s, then I have a ’90s, and then I’m fresh out and will have to beg for more. It has been a great exercise so far!
That sounds like a nice mix. I do adore the 80’s 🙂
Not a song I recognise, but I enjoyed the poem.
Aw, I love this! Especially that bicycle that seems to have a mind of its own, and yet, it is the same as the mind of the poet.
I do recognize the name of the song. And I’m fascinated with the bicycle riding on its own. I was also struck by the qualifier at the very end — “all right, for a girl” rather than simply “all right.” Smiles.
I cannot imagine anyone doing it better overall than a girl..in general that IS…
Yeah, not a bad poem for a girl…. 🙂
Girl [if you’ll pardon the term], I like this poem *far* better than I liked the song. Thanks for elevating it.