"Dream's Games"

          "Dream's Games"

She lives in dreams of yesterday,
Casting away all thoughts...that are in the way.
Rearranging the past..so it turns out right,
So...love remains--close-- in the dark of night.
She hangs on to dreams...clasps them tight to her chest,
As a wild bird would ...with fledglings on the nest.
So locked into the past...that she misses...today,
But...her tortured mind...finds peace that way.
In her mind her age...is always the same,
Young and beautiful...she lives dreams game.
Real life is lost...as each day does pass,
While she alters youthful dreams...that did not last.
She dreams of eternal love---that was not so.
For she lost his love...many, many years ago.

Written by Valentine

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I understand the poem my friend.
"She dreams of eternal love---that was not so.
For she lost his love...many, many years ago."
The above lines. True for the love we can miss. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[HeartInTheDark]

from this i get the feeling she is stuck in the past and cant move forward, but there is hope in the future. if anyone feels this way remember today may be bad but the future will be better.

[Valentine]

Too many people look backward and not forwards. Life is what is in the future, not just the past. I lost my husband but I have to live on. Kathie

[Stanley R. Teater]

If we were able to go back I suspect we'd find that things weren't quite as wonderful as we remembered. Very nice work.

[Valentine]

There are days I would love to live again and also those I hate to even remember. I expect we all are like that. Kathie

[andrew mitchell]

Time allows you to reflect but not go back. A write of loss that haunts us all.

[Valentine]

How true that is. Kathie

[Paul Bell]

If only we could go back to the past and fix it all.
Sadly life doesn't allow us.
But memories can bring people back for a time.

[Valentine]

Paul, just a write with me trying to reflect the feelings of someone I knew that was married but always longed for a past love. Instead of enjoying today, she stayed lost in yesterday. Not about me. Kathie

[DoormanDan]

Sometimes, it really just seems easier to linger in the past, especially after facing tragedy or drastic change in lifestyle. You've delivered a very real and powerful message with this piece, Valentine. :)

[Valentine]

Thank you Dan, I hope you are doing well. Kathie

[DoormanDan]

Thanks, I am doing very well. :)

[wordman]

we tend to change things in our minds, our dreams always from our youth,in our minds we are always young
and in reality, our soul is always young and isnt that who we really are..
and one day we will have the opportunity to live that life again,in our youth

[Lorry]

Beautiful thoughts, words and dreams and how we reminisce of who we were and who we are now, of what has been and is yet to come to pass. Wonderful.

[Jade]

This I can really feel, I know these feelings. This is wonderfully written

[Valentine]

Thank you for your kind words Sweetie. Kathie