Tag: bittersweet
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Dreams and Goals
My dreams as a child Were to vanquish dragons Rescue maidens Gain treasure Seek adventures Not know sleep until weariness took me As a teen my dreams were To finish school with passing grades To meet girls to gain their trust To get a car To get a paycheck To do stupid things To not…
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Dancing on my…
If you have lived A life as long as mine You would know that Life fulfilled is a hard to do To dance throughout To feel joy To be loved What a life is owed To feel her hand in mine In youth with twists and turns In middle age with sways and spins In…
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I sought you
I sought after you, Long and hard, I craved your attention, I relished the thought of being together, I wanted to be near you. I heard your voice in the crowd, I saw your face through the thousands, I wrote you poems and stories, I was ignored, Or at least I assumed I was, It…
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The Dance of the Wildflower
By Zachary Furr Do you see the wind? Can you see it dancing in the fields? It goes to and fro, The wild flowers, Seem like children, In its wake, Children clambering for attention, For they dance, For they sense their mother, For they are the wildflowers. Do you see that one? The uprooted sprout?…
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The pool of my life
One day as I sat on a float, In a pool, I heard a voice call to me, I got off the float, Swam to the side, Pulled myself out of the water, And headed down the hall, Toward the sound of the voice. Back toward the locker room, The voice called to me again,…
The In Constant Chronicles 