a poem for you

i was thinking, back when i started writing, i wrote traditionally, many people see by now i am not a traditional writer, i write now with deeper meanings than just punctuation, letters, words, format

*cont. intro* but for those honest readers who even though they try or tryed, i write this one in loving memory of my past...

 

Whose footprints are those in the snow?

Leading the way on forward

As if they knew

But how

As I look closely

Slowly raising my face off to the distance

I see now

Those footprints in the snow

Are only where I have come and gone

 And so, I shall keep walking

Longer journeys make time for weary feet

So I will always repeat these steps

Back through where I have already come and gone

Back through memory

Back home

Time

And time again

Then once the wind comes I will know

When I must pack my bags

Spread my wings

And go.

 

Reviews

[Cassiopia Summers]

Great ending. Perfect for this poem. Amazing.

[Jeffrey Gershom]

I liked the poem. Interesting that you chose the snow and not sand. Are the memories you think of from the winter, or the closing of a cycle? The wind could come by and hide your footsteps and your flight is a release to new memories to be made somewhere else.
Good job. :))

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

This was very well written, I loved the way you used the footprints to show that your refecting on your past.

[underwriter]

Good poem, looking back on your past form of writing is an interesting concept. i like what you have done here. i feel like your looking back at your foremer techniques with critique and fondness. its as if you feel you keep going back to some of those techniques or using elements of them in more recent poems.

'then once the wind comes i will know, when i must pack my bags, spread my wings, and go.' - beautiful

[David Keagan]

Wow this was deep. You really thought this one out and let it flow well. This is one of my favorites

[PrincessZeldaWannabe]

Awesome! Deep and soft!

[guiltyascharged]

I like this one too. :)

[Cats Eye]

I feel you shouldn't have to go back to the style you used to do, your new style is what makes you unique and makes you stand out from the crowd. The poem flowed well, my favorite part is the ending. Makes me think of the hawk and his freedom to go as he pleases

[Lilly Negoi]

i think one should pay a trip to one's past, once in a while :). it does good for the soul and for one's learned experience. very well said!

[FallenHeroXx]

Intresting :) i liked it :)