Alone In My Car

As I wait for my kid to get off the bus
I ponder at how life has crept up on us.
   I'm reminded of a comment my Father said to me,
"My mind is young, why can't the rest of me be".
   The carefree thoughts, the hearty laughs,
the simple pleasures and unwanted bathes.
   Kids think nothing but of themselves,
a treasure in disguise or so, unveils.
   What game to play next, what character 
to be, A glorious imagination is what I see.
   So alone I wait, right here in this car,
and wonder how time has gotten this far.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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November 13, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Congratulations on going on into the second round..Sara
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November 10, 2010 at 9:31 AM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through the first round of the Poetrysoup site contest Dee. The best to you in the finals. Love, Carol
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September 23, 2010 at 10:15 PM
dee, Congratulations! On having your poem featured this week. A poem well deserved, keep the fascinating poetry coming" Nathan D.
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September 23, 2010 at 11:10 AM
Dee Camp, CONGRATULATIONS on your wonderful poem being featured this week. Enjoyed the selection of all the poetry on the front page. Have yourself a nice and wonderful day,..p.d.
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September 23, 2010 at 7:38 AM
awesome poem this, enjoyed. Harry
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September 22, 2010 at 10:39 AM
It don't go away neither. I be 81 and and my son, 57. The "glorious imagination" is what one misses the most. KIds have it - everything new and exciting. The last line is super! Dave
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September 21, 2010 at 11:12 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week at PoetrySoup Dee. Love, Carol
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August 30, 2010 at 12:01 PM
I am faced with the same question. keep holding on in there.
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April 17, 2010 at 3:41 PM
I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup Dee. If you would like to have more of your poetry read please limit your postings to 3-5 poems per day. In doing this more of your poetry is read and other poets can also have theirs read. Wishing you the best in your writing endeavors. If you have questions please feel free to ask anyone here. We are all willing to help and if we don't know the answer we will find someone who does. Love, Carol
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April 17, 2010 at 3:07 PM
Welcome to the Poetry Soup Family of poets.. enjoyed reading your creative write..luv.. "Sweetheart"
Camp Avatar
April 17, 2010 at 11:27 AM
Thanks to all for the welcome & nice comments. Thanks to my family for encouraging me to express my thoughts & let others in to see. This is new for me and is turning out to be loads of fun.
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April 17, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Kids see the beauty and everything and somewhere in the process of growing up we seem to lose that sight...We get more wrapped up in what people think of us and not what we think of ourselves. Love the poem. -Destiny.
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April 17, 2010 at 6:55 AM
Young lives are filled with imagination that we try to recapture as we grow older. Great poem, Dee. Welcome to Poetry Soup! You and your sister write very well! Best wishes, Carolyn
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April 17, 2010 at 3:52 AM
Thoughts of the past as you sit in your car, time flies > to where you are now. Its what you have done to this point in time, to allow your life to flow like a delightful rhyme. To the sister of Kim, i welcome you. As i will read your words and see them through >> James
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April 16, 2010 at 8:49 PM
Superly fantiastic, Lil, Sis! You are a poet! Life flies when you're having fun! I enjoyed reading this poem very much! Welcome to P.Soup. (If you want to send a private message to someone, click on the coffee mug beside their name. Now check your own soup mail. A message awaits your there!) Next, we'll have to get Baby Sis and Big Bro and SIS-T to join.
Mehta Avatar
April 16, 2010 at 8:47 PM
It'sma wonderful write.
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April 16, 2010 at 8:38 PM
Good write! Puts me right there waiting on that bus. (Which I never had to do btw) Keep the creative pen flowing Dee. Looking for more good ones. Charles Henderson
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