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I Swear a Sincere Oath Each Arriving New Morn

I Swear A Sincere Oath Each Arriving New Morn

Amidst wreckage and sorrows dwelling deep
I fight to beautiful memories keep
To break dark that threatens to engulf me
So oft swamped by storms from crashing seas
I a floating leaf in massive expanse
Lonely and bereft of heart's true romance.

I walk beneath wondrous beaming blue skies.
Ever seeking that which time now denies.

I swear sincere oath each arriving morn
To thus battle, to mend this life so torn
Not as a warrior to brave or too proud
Or a timid soul hiding in the crowd 
But instead as a hopeful refugee
One so desperate and too mad to flee.

I walk beneath wondrous beaming blue skies.
Ever seeking that which time now denies.

Once eager heart beat in me and much more
Long ago, I strolled sweet white sand shores
Singing with light and dancing in fine tune
Under summer sun in the month of June
Watching rolling waves and that deep blue sea
As a young lad, not this old refugee.

I walk beneath wondrous beaming blue skies.
Ever seeking that which time now denies.

I swear sincere oath each arriving morn
To thus battle, to mend this life so torn
Not as a warrior to brave or too proud
Or a timid soul hiding in the crowd 
But instead as a hopeful refugee
One so desperate and too mad to flee.

I walk beneath wondrous beaming blue skies.
Ever seeking that which time now denies.


Robert J. Lindley, 8-27-2021
Rhyme, ( New Writing To Refill The Cookie Jar )
"We race on trying to regain our youth,
vanquished by reality and truth."  RJL quote

"Nos currere ad trying ad repetendam adolescentia nostra:
victa rei veritatem."

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