Dream Lands

maybe we didn't have to end up like this

hopelessly waiting on opposite ends

maybe if we'd gotten past the unbroken bridge

or crossed over the landing

we'd see

the agony of our ecstasy

creeping from within

pleading for another attempt,

but why

strolling among yesterday's scenes

we stumble,

unable to discern

between those from another face

and this day

left back against some distant hillside

next to a forgotten smoke

we hiccup,

suddenly aware

it's cold out here and the weather is quite dreary

what did the sunshine succumb to

where are those singing birds in spring?

or did we forget it's still winter

the hypothetical looks most attractive now

leading in points next to reality,

which places a distant third

we loved and laughed or at least thought we did

the stakes were much smaller then

now the landscape lies bittersweet

between fruitcakes and marmalade ...

Reviews

[Alisa Js]

Happy New Year, serah

Thank you for stopping by.

Alisa

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~ happy new year, dear alisa... ~ it's always intensely rewarding to read your words...

[Alisa Js]

Thank you for your kind thoughts...

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~ you're very welcome...

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~ exquisite poetry... absolutely mesmerizing, moving, thoughtful and thought-provoking work... philosophically speaking, i'd say we may not be discerning yet... but we could be... wouldn't that be amazing ? ... wouldn't that be like a light at the end of a very long winter tunnel ? ... maybe there's a light at the end of it all that makes all the pain worth it... i hope so...