Connecticut Makes Me Think of You

There's just something about traveling that gets my creative juices flowing. I always travel with a pen and paper because you never know what emotions can strike you at any second. Today, I'm traveling to New Jersey to visit one of my best friends and former college roommates. My bus drops me off in NYC, so naturally I'm even more excited because it's a rarity that I ever travel to the big city. My imagination runs wild when I see the people, the city skyline, buildings, bridges...as I thought to myself last night, I just have a great energy about this weekend's festivities. Only I would choose to travel to New Jersey on Superbowl Sunday weekend! 

In order to get to NYC, you have to travel directly through Hamden, CT, where I went to college. While we were going down 84, a flood of nostalgia came rushing back to me. I pulled out my pen and paper and just started writing what I was feeling, and this is what I came up with. I was an avid poet in college and unfortunately, I don't write as much as I'd like to anymore. But this is one of the easiest-flowing pieces I've written in a long time. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. 

"Connecticut" 

by Jessica Poe

Connecticut makes me think of you. 

The rust-stricken overpass

Highway streetlights

Married together,

Amidst all that blue. 

I remember all the exit signs too. 

Elm and Charter Oak

Vernon Diner

Taunting and teasing,

Like we had a clue.

Tell me all those feelings were true. 

The words dripped like honey

Fingers and fevers

Rambling forward,

'Til the inferno broke through. 

We had so much left to do. 

Sunday breakfasts

Holding hands

Platinum and diamonds,

But the barrier grew. 

Now, there's just a fickle hue.

Settled over the skyline

Twisted, morose

But the streetlights are still there,

Steadfast and true.

A reminder, like you.

I guess this letter is overdue.

Connecticut makes me think of you.

xo Jessica