Child of the Night

I have to wonder now and then

as the dreams I once held divine

Have left me just like other men

to age and wither on the vine

 

Where once I thought that I would be

so much further along in life

Now the dreams that I once could see

so cut me quick just like a knife

 

Perhaps the gods that rule my fate

have turned their backs upon me now

Lacking what I once thought so great

leaves me this truth to disavow

 

Where is the strength that gave men pause

where once I bent life to my will

When I was game for hell and cause

and drank until I'd had my fill

 

Be careful where your shadow cast

as the dimming light pays a toll

The day will come you breathe your last

when you will have to face your soul

 

But then I gaze upon my child

with the strength and the fire to fight

I think of when I was so wild

I shunned the day and loved the night

 

It makes me want to continue

to keep the Hounds of Hell at bay

Push the muscles and the sinew

to wake to face another day 

 

 

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Author's Note

I often think of my own end. It is hard not to feel the hand of time on me. Life has a way of wearing us down. I have outlived my own predictions by many a year. I once thought I would surely meet the end by the time I was thirty. I shall have to console myself with the thought that I might just live to be old lol.

Reviews

[realmwriter]

"It makes me want to continue

to keep the Hounds of Hell at bay

Push the muscles and the sinew

to wake to face another day" This is genious as is the rest of this piece, Always a joy to reada your work but to see it fro a lightly darker perspective than you usualy write is incredible. Been wonderin how your poetry would read with a darker tone to it, now I know that it reads with an ominious note yes but still your positive message remains. It's like a stor cloud with a silver lining, only it's a silver cloud with a grey shadow. Just awesome my friend...

[Tate Morgan]

Yes that is true. What is sad for me is in the loss of my own dreams are all part of the plan of life. It is the child who matters not me. And in him I find my own purpose. If i can give him a boost on his own dreams Looking past my own we both win. In his joy and happiness is my own. Thank you.

[Tate Morgan]

Yes you are only one of two you and Deron Alexis Are the only two to grasp the depth of this poem. Perhaps because you have a new child.One day this will be your truth too.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Tate... Honeysuckle wine... We linger on the vine.
Life becomes sweeter. Laughter lines and peaceful smiles.
Poetry is the prize when we reach the days of wisdom.
May your days be savored. truly... Pat

[Tate Morgan]

The wine is sweeter the day brighter UI watched my son play his first game of baseball of the season last night.Oh the days when i ran torrid sweet and wild.!!!

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Tate... watching my grandson who is ten ...
play baseball and his sister who is six play
T ball has confirmed that it's how you play
The game. It teaches so much about
getting along with others and the joy of
attaining skills that will give you an
attitude to serve you well in the future.
truly... Pat

[Tate Morgan]

I live baseball it is the ultimate levelor of property and pride

[Patricia Wedel]

Cool... I agree! Pat

[Einstein Noodle]

i hear you Tate ... spot on ... with a sense of humor i remind myself this also ..."only the good die young" me and you have more suffering to do :) and again Bob Seger ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
E.

[Tate Morgan]

Einstein Yeah i really date myself with my favor for Bob Seger But is there anything better than the wind in your face and Seger in your mind tapping along meter by meter we dance to life's endless tune laughing and singing round the fire neath the gaze of the Harvest moon?

[Einstein Noodle]

yes indeed sir ... so glad we have met here ..
E.

[Tate Morgan]

Me too at least I won't be alone

[Avinash]

I never thought that will reach 20. And somehow that made me live my twenties quite recklessly but I think it is part of learning. There is saying in our native language.." The moment you wake up..it's morning."

[Tate Morgan]

Avinash Thank you When i was your age I thought rich did my life unfurl Thank you

[wordman]

well tate I can certainly relate had a birthday sunday and I think we all wonder and think of these things
and as we get older we think more but I think I did the best I could with what I had to work with lol

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you so much . We all learn as we go . I remember when i told my daughter that the rules i live by and decide what to do by are just best guesses to what is right.She said Oh that's just great Im being raised by a child lol She was 9 at the time

[wordman]

I think I may have heard that your most welcome tate

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you friend

[VALORMORE DE PLUME]

Great testimonial to the process we go through if we live long.
I love Bob Seger, though, a good song by, Death Cab For Cutie, I'll Follow You Into the Dark, would also hit the mark.

[Tate Morgan]

Valamore How nice to see you tonight ,It seems i take up the pen whenever i have a trial in life. it has something to do with the struggle .For it is then that we are at our best. Thank you old friend

[Lyn Anderson]

It's funny, each person has their own thoughts and perceptions on aging. I am a strange one, especially for a woman, because I love it. I embrace it, and I am sure I will live to a hundred (and want to) unless I get hit by a bus, that is. Accepting it and moving forward, especially thinking of one's children, grandchildren etc., a strong piece.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you KL I am glad you liked it. I have always hated growing older and feared the reaper. But that is probably my nemesis my vanity lol

[Lyn Anderson]

Oh, I am vain. But my family ages well so I am fortunate.

[Tate Morgan]

My doctor says i age gracefully as well So Ill take that and run with it

[paddy d daly]

Nice work tate, an emotional piece, I have often felt like that too, but we find something to keep us going, for me right now it's my grand daughter, so I guess I have a few years on you....

[Tate Morgan]

Oh no I too am a grandparent I have a 3 yr old granddaughter and a 18 yr old son So I imagine we arent far apart. Thank you

[paddy d daly]

you are welcome, always good to read your work...

[Tate Morgan]

thank you very much

[redflutterby]

It is a hard reality we face...seeing our own mortality in the lines on our faces and the aches in our bodies. I feel this myself often...wondering where that vibrant carefree girl went. Once i dreamed of being a journalist and traveling the world or writing that novel which would shake up the literary world. But I was also in love with the idea of marriage and that white picket fence. Now my three oldest children are on their way and I have grandchildren. Suddenly I wonder are those dreams gone..did I miss the boat completely. Sigh...

This is an amazing poem...full of emotion and contemplation..

[Tate Morgan]

thank you yeah same here one day i was 20 and my father was bugging me with some of his rules. I remember thinking Oh what the heck Ill outlive him by many years. Oh yeah well those years have fallen likes leaves at my feet Where does the time go?

[redflutterby]

Not sure....I ask myself the same thing. What's strange is still feeling "myself" despite being almost 50. Driving down the road with some favorite song from my youth playing..singing along and suddenly realizing it was a hit 35 years ago. Its just hits you like a brick...IM NOT YOUNG ANYMORE!! Lol...

[Tate Morgan]

Yeah I know that feeling oh so well

[Frieda P]

Sexy cowboy had his heyday, then time takes its toll Tate. We reflect often as we get older, and hopefully wiser, this one hits a tender note for me.

Move over papa, it's the kids turn to sow their wild oats. ;-)

[Tate Morgan]

Oh yeah and Tate played baseball tonight as a senior he played second and third Had a base hit struck out once nailed a guy between home and third and had a good game It was cold and raining lol Better him than me. Then he calls me after the game to come back and open his car cause he lost his keys or locked em in. Oh well all went well

[Frieda P]

Ahh the price you pay for being a proud papa. Ball player eh, the girls must be knocking down your door....

[Tate Morgan]

He has a girl and he treats her like a queen lol

[Frieda P]

His mother taught him well haha ;-P

[Tate Morgan]

hahah yeah how not to act.His girlfriends mother wants to adopt him I guess he takes her out pays for everything opens the door for her brings her home early hangs pictures fixes their deck and their car Hell I cant get him to take out the trash what is up with that?I guess i know the answer to that

[Frieda P]

Um...yeah, you don't have what she has hon. ha but you must remember it well, hasn't been all that long, has it? haha

[Tate Morgan]

Oh yeah i know do I ever know

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

Such an emotional poem, nicely written. :-)

Kaze~

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you for reading it

[♔ CrownedDevil ☾]

All good. :-) :-D