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
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Dietrich Avatar
March 26, 2019 at 6:20 PM
Hi again, thanks for seeing my poems, partner!
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March 26, 2019 at 12:40 AM
great new poem, Ralph. Love what you said about millennials in the end stanza.
Sergi Avatar
March 26, 2019 at 5:28 PM
Thank you ; my sharing partner.
Andresen Avatar
March 25, 2019 at 12:37 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 :)
Sergi Avatar
March 25, 2019 at 3:47 PM
Thank you, Anne Lise.
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