Legacy

Legacy

I  ponder of a younger time
Flashbacking to another clime
when youth was virile I recall
I set my sails for to explore
the wonders of the world to see
Awaiting me but not to be

I did not set the world on fire
No more dreams could I aspire
resigned to know there was no more
Despite the fact I did succeed
in rearing life to fill my need
A legacy when I am gone

Millennials must heed the call
to make our world a better place
to mark and leave a future trace 
eliminate the common thrall
free to express the constant thrum 
a bell that tolls of things come

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/26/2019 6:20:00 PM

Hi again, thanks for seeing my poems, partner!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/26/2019 12:40:00 AM

great new poem, Ralph. Love what you said about millennials in the end stanza.

Ralph Sergi
Date: 3/26/2019 5:28:00 PM

Thank you ; my sharing partner.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/25/2019 12:37:00 PM

- Yes, then ... "when the youth was virile" ... all dreams ... everything we wanted to change, even though we didn't set the world on fire ... a wonderful poem, Ralph :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Ralph Sergi
Date: 3/25/2019 3:47:00 PM

Thank you, Anne Lise.