Longing For Paradise

An edited version of my poetic response to, Richard Allen Beevor's poem, "Country Loving Town Boy". http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Ricbeev/1465732/

Longing for
A tranquil  life
Denied to us
By our very nature
As creatures
Of duality.

Glancing over
The backyard fence
At the "might have been's"
With a sad wishful sigh
Upon our lips.

Knowing
It always

Just a step

Or two.

Beyond our fingers
To grasp and hold
Forever.

Reviews

[R Smith]

Thank you for the compliment of your response to my poem, your work is as fine a piece of work as I have seen and i'm proud to be in some way associated with it :)

[therisa]

Thank you, Richard, for your compliment.

[willweb]

A nice compannion piece to Richard's fine poem. Glancing over that fence...keeping up with the...nice one Therisa.

[therisa]

Thank you, Will. I hope so.