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6/13/2024 for Yesterday's Wishes Poetry Contest sponsored by Craig Cornish
Dream of Yesterday's Wishes
My life was a river, and I was a willow twig,
Bobbing on a creek toward the sea.
Strong, fast, lively children tried to catch me and failed.
The greatest sports hero, I dreamed I'd be.
A boy and a lovely girl held hands and gazed on
A river that once was a brook,
And I wished I'd have the most beautiful girl
Whereupon the bright sun did look.
Floating along, I came upon a charming cottage
With a window-box filled with flowers.
I dreamed I'd have the grandest mansion ever built
With balconies, turrets and towers.
As the water grew wider, and the sea grew nearer,
I saw young willows, healthy, and green.
I wished I would have all of the health and vigor
Of a strapping boy of fifteen.
At last, the grand river emptied into the sea,
Where beachgoers could hear the sound
Of surf. I heard it too, and I was still dreaming,
As a wave crashed and I drowned.
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