Patricia Cresswell Poet Free verse

A Need To Go Back

need to go back

return to winnie the pooh, 
cinderella, hide and go seek 
at dusk screaming, giggling  
beneath the sun’s ruddy demise
 
Marshall, laying in the ditch.
 out of sight I run right over him 
trying to reach home,
home where there was safety,

when I believed in the magic of god
because in my understanding 
he was the magic one a magician 
like the wizard of oz   

jumping from the hay loft
almost convinced you could, 
honest to god, fly away from 
fear if you were only able to just  …….

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Eric Ashford July 24, 2019 at 9:38 PM This is so powerful. What makes it even more immediate is that the author is a true poet. Is 'Marshall' a pet or...? So very sad, yet I feel privileged to have read it.

Jannie Breedt August 12, 2017 at 12:45 AM The quatrains are just spilling over with regrets. Shrouded in mystery, it.invites.me to want to swop stories with you. My regrets...ouch too

Jack Ellison August 11, 2017 at 12:55 PM Reliving those joyous days... ah sweet memories! I was ne of the fortunate ons... enjoyed my life to the fullest! Love this one dear Patricia! Love, Jack xxx

Russell Sivey August 11, 2017 at 4:15 AM What a glorious write this one is Patricia! I really enjoyed reading this illustrious poem this morning! You have delighted me by your piece of the past, where it would be fun to enter the realms of the past yet again! Great Work!!