Prior Days

When youthful optimism crashes into the reality of adulthood

Prior Days

 

 

I reminisce of prior days,

The idle times of youthful haze,

 

When all I ever wished to be,

Lay deep within the heart of me,

 

Waiting to be activated,

When my soul was captivated,

 

While in pursuit of golden dream,

I’d work and labor, plot and scheme,

 

Always knowing that come what may,

I’d solve the problem my own way,

 

Since I, all knowing and all wise,

At least within my own young eyes,

 

Had all the strength to be the best,

And slay all dragons on my quest,

 

But blueprints of a lingering dream,

Were much more real than now t’would seem,

 

The windmills tilted long before,

Will challenge no-one any more,

 

The way is lost to Faerie Queen,

The Red Cross knight has left the scene,

 

And Camelot also has gone,

As Arthur sails to Avalon,

 

The sunlit days now fade to gloom,

Reality proclaims my doom,

 

All the dreams and plans you see,

Are now an old man’s memory,

 

Haunting specter,  a ghost by night,

Dissolving in the morning light

 

A favorite song that often plays,

Lingering thoughts of prior days

Reviews

[Aleks Edwin]

"I, all knowing and all wise, at least within my own young eyes."
I don't think I've ever read a more perfect sentiment of youthful remembrance. This is a great poem, with great flow, that captures wonderfully the longing of adventures that never were.

[Eddie Davis]

Thank you.

[Dhaye]

I always tell myself that we cannot turn back the time so I will do anything that makes me happy. I don't want to have regret when I grow old. But sometimes, you cannot simply do what you want because you have to consider many things and not just yourself. I hope time will come that I have such courage to listen to my own heart...

Well-done, Eddie. You are great in making rhymes and your subject is always relevant. Keep it up.
And thank you for reading my poem, too. God bless!

[Eddie Davis]

Thank you, Dhaye, I'm a firm believer in not giving up on your dreams, even if they seem impossible to achieve.

[Carolynn]

This was just a wonderful poem from beginning to end and I can so relate to it - loved all the wonderful rhymes throughout and it flowed beautifully - thanks for sharing this :)

[Eddie Davis]

Thank you for taking the time to read it.