''I Would Like To Fly Away''
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"To soar in the wind, to dip and to glide . . . "
And be detached and apart from this life's reality,
Where past sorrows shroud my remembering;
I have sealed the heavy door of the past.
Oh to flutter on the edge of dreams,
To tremble and hover, grasping the peaceful and happy;
In my imagination I float and drift,
Like a breathtaking butterfly with gossamer wings.
But then, but then . . .
The cold fingers of the past come creeping,
Monsters and sorrows of the long ago:
Painful memories are screaming and shattering my soul.
The beautiful lost in the carnage,
Oh the tears and the weeping eternal floating sadness.
The heavy door to the past is bolted and secure,
Impenetrable with a padlock and thick chain;
Where anguish and bliss entwine in an endless battle,
And my happiness died long, long ago.
But from time to time,
A whispering, beautiful single memory finds a way;
From under that weighty door locked and chained.
And I crush the sweetness to my weeping broken heart.
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November 6, 2015
Free Verse/"I Would Like To Fly Away"
Copyright Protected, ID 724314
Standard Contest 30
sponsor, Brian Strand
First Place
Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2015
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