My weight lay balanced on the surface
As the water swayed me To and Fro,
Like a Sweet lull to Sleep
Eyelids closed dangerously.
Opening them,
I searched Above
White clouds floated by Like Cotton Candy
Each resembled shapes of Childhood Imaginations;
Lambs, Horses, Goats,
All gallopping By
As the vast Blue knew no limits
Above and Yonder, There was no Escape
A Human Being was all I was
Nothing More,
Nothing Less.
My limits were known to All,
The struggle would remain Forever Futile.
From the author of Jupiter Remembered and Until It’s Time: Embracing Life In Our Later Years comes Petals of Love: Poetry of a Woman’s Soul – a heartfelt collection spanning more than thirty-five years. Through tender reflections, these poems offer g
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full of light and airiness
with a twist of the dark
nicely done
john+