Dreams Deferred - Gone With the Wind
Dreams Deferred - Gone with the Wind
Dreams deferred:
Placed on hold
Like unwelcomed telephone calls
Relegated to being bench warmers
Like second-rate baseball players
Put out to pasture
Like useless cattle past their prime
Displayed on a shelf
Like tarnished antiques collecting dust
Stored in an old medicine cabinet
Like expired drugs that have lost their potency
Stashed away in a hope chest in the attic
Like old lace and forgotten memories
Discarded on a beach
Like trash washed away with outgoing tides
Left adrift in open seas
Like a rudderless ship with no destination
Set aflame
Like rejected love letters
Then suddenly - Puff!
Like cold, grey ashes from a funeral pyre
Dreams deferred are blown away -
Gone with the wind!
Copyright © Pandita Sietesantos | Year Posted 2014
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