Life

Life is all a blur,
the hopes, the dreams, the goals
wishes upon wishes whether real or imagined

illusions, intrusions, confusions 
love's conquered...love's lost
exhalations, miscalculations, adulations
"life is but a dream"...until it isn't 

fragments of thoughts start on lonely highways
tear stained shirts are worn on the edge of night
time capsules are buried at the end of the byways
whether decisions were wrong or right

in the blink of an eye
life rushes across the stage to hit its mark
and plays in every scene
squanders and excepts every emotion's outcry
etched in the face... until the curtain drops
and the lamplights turn dark and spent
leaving the sweat of time dripping upon the ground
left to vanish in recollected lament
of how quick it all was 


4/27/18
" life is but a dream" song row row row your boat
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Breidenthal Avatar
May 28, 2018 at 5:33 AM
Truth and authenticity is shown in this poem. Brilliant in every way. -JWE
Lovejoy-Burton Avatar
May 4, 2018 at 7:38 PM
Life is a dream, good and bad. x
Parker Avatar
May 4, 2018 at 10:56 PM
life is very fast and slow
George   Avatar
April 28, 2018 at 8:56 AM
Yes! indeed. Exactly! I love the way you have expressed this truth. Sincerely, Elaine.
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